Point of View (Routledge Revivals) : A Linguistic Analysis of Literary Style

The purpose of Point of View, first published in 1990, is twofold: from the perspective of linguistics, to analyse the discourse structure of texts; from the perspective of literary studies, to explain certain non-linguistic aspects of the texts in terms of linguistic form. This study therefore aims to provide a balanced and sufficiently comprehensive account of the relationship between linguistic form and point of view. It will be of particular value to literature students with an interest in linguistics, and literary style. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Original Title Page......Page 6 Original Copyright Page......Page 7 Dedication......Page 15 Table of Contents......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Introduction......Page 19 General description......Page 21 Limitations of sentence-based approaches to RST......Page 31 RST/narration and foreground/background......Page 40 Introduction......Page 42 Coherence......Page 43 Explicit coherence: cohesion......Page 45 Summary......Page 54 Introduction......Page 55 Dominance and sentences containing parentheticals......Page 56 Cohesion and sentences containing parentheticals......Page 63 Demarcation of discourse units......Page 71 Summary......Page 72 Introduction......Page 73 Temporal linking as a cohesive device......Page 74 Interpretation of temporal expressions......Page 75 Temporal interpretation of sentences of RST......Page 79 Anchoring predicates......Page 89 Demarcation of discourse units......Page 93 Summary......Page 95 Introduction......Page 96 Past progressive and point of view......Page 98 Progressive vs simple aspect......Page 102 Progressive in other contexts......Page 107 Conclusion......Page 108 Summary: cohesion, coherence, and RST......Page 110 Summary: demarcation of RST units......Page 114 Function of RST inter-sentential devices......Page 116 The foreground/background distinction......Page 121 Narration/RST and foreground/background......Page 125 Linguistic correlates of foreground and background material......Page 130 Notes......Page 133 References......Page 140 Subject index......Page 145 Author index......Page 147