Unspeakable Sentences (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Banfield, Ann

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9781138815513: Unspeakable Sentences (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1138815519 ISBN 13: 9781138815513
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1982, this title grew from a series of essays on various aspects of narrative style; the result is a finished product that melds literary theory with linguistic methodology. It is argued that, where linguistic theory intersects with literary theory, it is narrative that provides the crucial ‘experiment’ for deciding between a communication and a non-communication theory of language and, by extension, of literature. Chapters discuss such areas as subjectivity in direct and indirect speech, the absence of the narrator, and the development of narrative style. With a detailed introduction to the subject, this reissue will be of value to students of linguistics and literature with a particular interest in narrative style and linguistic theory.

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Ann Banfield

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138815519
ISBN 13 
9781138815513
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
354
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