Point of View in Plays: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Viewpoint in Drama and Other Text-Types

by Dan McIntyre

This is the first book-length study of how point of view is manifested linguistically in dramatic texts. It examines such issues as how readers process the shifts in viewpoint that can occur within such texts. Using insights from cognitive linguistics, the book aims to explain how the analysis of point of view in drama can be undertaken, and how this is fruitful for understanding textual and discoursal effects in this genre. Following on from a consideration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027233357
• ISBN13: 9789027233356
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 203 Pages