Point of View A Linguistic Analysis of 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