Cognitive Grammar in Contemporary Fiction

This book proposes an extension of Cognitive Grammar (Langacker 1987, 1991, 2008) towards a cognitive discourse grammar, through the unique environment that literary stylistic application offers. Drawing upon contemporary research in cognitive stylistics (Text World Theory, deixis and mind-modelling, amongst others), the volume scales up central Cognitive Grammar concepts (such as construal, grounding, the reference point model and action chains) in order to explore the attenuation of experience - and how it is simulated - in literary reading. In particular, it considers a range of contemporary texts by Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Safran Foer, Ian McEwan and Paul Auster. This application builds upon previous work that adopts Cognitive Grammar for literary analysis and provides the first extended account of Cognitive Grammar in contemporary fiction.

Aceasta carte propune o extindere a Gramaticii Cognitive (Langacker 1987, 1991, 2008) catre o gramatica a discursului cognitiv, prin mediul unic pe care il ofera aplicatia stilistica literara. Bazandu-se pe cercetarea contemporana in stilistica cognitiva (teoria lumii textului, deixis si modelarea mintii, printre altele), volumul amplifica conceptele de Gramatica Cognitiva centrale (cum ar fi constructia, fundamentarea, modelul punctului de referinta si lanturile de actiune) pentru a explora atenuarea experientei - si modul in care este simulata - in lectura literara.