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Publication details [#2625]

D'haen, Theo. 1984. Frames and fractures: The novel and its discontents. In Peer, Willy Van and Jan Renkema, eds. Pragmatics and stylistics. Acco. pp. 133–144.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
cooperation | frame semantics | indeterminacy | literary language | novel | speech act theory
Person as a subject
Goffman, E. | Grice, P.H.

Annotation

On the meaning of literary texts: a survey of views, and an argument for an 'indeterminate' meaning view. The implications of Goffman's frame analysis, of speech act theory, and of Grice's approach to the logic of conversation are presented.