Yeshayahu Shen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yeshayahu Shen plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2210-4372 | E-ISSN 2210-4380
Book series
2018 Flat as a wall or flat as a butcher’s hand: The poetic simile and second-order semantic foregrounding Scientific Study of Literature 8:2, pp. 293–312 | Article
Foregrounding theory deals with the relation between deviant textual device (e.g., alliteration) and the effect on readers (e.g., high aesthetic evaluation). While previous research has tended to look at an array of devices together in longer stretches of text, we focus on an isolated, semantic… read more
2011 The farmers sowed seeds and hopes: Element order in metaphorical phrases Semblance and Signification, Michelucci, Pascal, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 175–190 | Article
Conceptual prominence plays an important role in determining word order in metaphorical sentences: conceptually prominent items tend to precede less prominent ones. In: ‘the farmers sowed seeds and hopes’ the order of the two noun in the conjunctive noun phrase (seeds and hopes) seems more natural… read more
2008 Two levels of foregrounding in literary narratives Directions in Empirical Literary Studies: In honor of Willie van Peer, Zyngier, Sonia, Marisa Bortolussi, Anna Chesnokova and Jan Auracher (eds.), pp. 103–111 | Article
Discourse analysts and linguists have used the term “foregrounding” to refer to “… new information, in contrast to elements in the sentence which form the background against which the new elements are to be understood …” (van Peer & Hakemulder (2005). These foregrounded / backgrounded elements are… read more
2002 4. Evaluation devices as a coordinating mechanism for story points Thematics: Interdisciplinary Studies, Louwerse, Max M. and Willie van Peer (eds.), pp. 77–90 | Chapter
2002 Cognitive constraints on verbal creativity: The use of figurative language in poetic discourse Cognitive Stylistics: Language and cognition in text analysis, Semino, Elena and Jonathan Culpeper (eds.), pp. 211–230 | Chapter
1997 Cristina Cacciari (ed), Similarity in Language, Thought, and Perception Pragmatics & Cognition 5:1, pp. 188–195 | Article