Speech, Writing, and Thought Presentation in 19th-Century Narrative Fiction: A Corpus-Assisted Approach

by Beatrix Busse

Reference to or quotation from someone's speech, thoughts, or writing is a key component of narrative. These reports further a narrative, make it more interesting, natural, and vivid, ask the reader to engage with it, and reflect historical cultural understandings of modes of discourse presentation. To a large extent, the way we perceive a story depends on the ways it presents discourse, and along with it, speech, writing, and thought.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190212365
• ISBN13: 9780190212360
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"