Anthony J Sanford, Catherine Emmott

Mind, Brain and Narrative

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the scientific evidence for the mechanisms which underlie the effect a writer's language has on the reader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 335
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781107017566
• ISBN-10: 1107017564
• Artikelnr.: 36030594

Autorenporträt

Anthony J. Sanford is Emeritus Professor and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Narrative and the rhetorical processing framework
2. Fundamentals of text processing
3. Multiple levels: counterfactual worlds and figurative language
4. Attention in text: foregrounding and rhetorical focussing
5. Rhetorical focussing and depth of processing
6. The experiential aspect: using embodiment theory
7. Narrative perspective and the representation of speech and thought
8. Hot cognition: emotion, empathy and suspense
9. Narrative's social impact: persuasion and attitude change
10. Final comments
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Author index
Subject index.