Experiencing narrative worlds : on the psychological activities of reading /

What does it mean to be transported by a narrative -- to create a world inside one's head? How do experiences of narrative worlds alter our experience of the real world? In this book Richard Gerrig integrates insights from cognitive psychology and from research in linguistics, philosophy, and l...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerrig, Richard J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1993]
Subjects:
Books and reading > Psychological aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Livres et lecture > Aspect psychologique.
Narration.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Behaviorism.
Books and reading > Psychological aspects
Lezen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Taalpsychologie.
Verteltheorie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Two metaphors for the experience of narrative worlds
  • 2. Inferential aspects of performance
  • 3. Participatory responses
  • 4. Language use in narrative worlds
  • 5. Some consequences of being transported
  • 6. Narrative information and real-world judgments.

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