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Masuda, Hirokuni. 2017. Narrative Representation Theory: Identifying the human language with superstructure. Discourse Studies 19 (6) : 648–672.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

Narrative Representation Theory (NRT), an evolved framework of Verse Analysis, has with the mission of explaining the operation of macro-systemic structure that could be hardwired in the brain. NRT tells that the macro-system of narrative superstructure must have emerged autonomously, yet links closely with the micro-system of phonology, morphology and syntax. All the converging evidence in biological sciences reinforces the hypothesis that the narrative superstructure of language faculty manifests as an inherent linguistic capacity in our mind.