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Backwards time: Causal catachresis and its influence on viewpoint flow
Cognitive Linguistics ( IF 1.796 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-27 , DOI: 10.1515/cog-2018-0040
Douglass Virdee 1
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Abstract This paper proposes a cognitive linguistic explanation of the unusual narrative construal of time as moving backwards. It shows that backwards time in narrative involves setting up an alternative space in which a second narrative is constructed simultaneously, resulting in a viewpoint hierarchy which postulates four viewpoints on each discourse statement. The paper draws together research on conceptual metaphor, mental spaces theory and viewpoint multiplicity, bringing it to bear on discourse fragments. The majority of these are taken from Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow (Amis, Martin. 2003 [1991]. Time’s Arrow. London: Vintage.) (a logically consistent and linguistically revealing text), but the discussion is contextualised with further examples. It is argued that the causal construal implied by narrative is not limited by our phenomenological experience, as other studies (e.g., Evans, Vyvyan. 2013. Language and time: A cognitive linguistics approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.) might suggest, but is instead prompted by conceptual re-interpretation of deictic markers in the discourse. The analysis focuses on causal construal, negation (especially causal catachresis), and alternativity. It shows how linguistic features at the sentential level generate top-down reorganization of both episodic structure and discourse meaning, and how this relies on multiplicity of viewpoint and a conceptual “zooming out” prompting the perception of irony.

中文翻译:

倒退时间:因果关系及其对视点流的影响

摘要本文提出了一种认知语言学上的解释,即时间的反常叙事结构向后移动。它表明叙事中的倒退时间涉及建立一个替代空间,在该空间中同时构造第二种叙事,从而形成观点层次结构,该层次结构在每个话语陈述中假设了四个观点。本文对概念隐喻,心理空间理论和观点多样性进行了研究,将其应用于话语片段。其中大多数摘自马丁·阿米斯(Martin Amis)的《时代的箭头》(Amis,Martin。2003 [1991]。《时代的箭头》,伦敦:复古)。(在逻辑上一致且具有语言学意义的文本),但在讨论中结合了更多示例。有人认为,叙事暗示的因果解释不受我们的现象学经验的限制,正如其他研究(例如,Evans,Vyvyan。2013.语言和时间:一种认知语言学方法。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社)可能会建议的那样,但是相反,它是通过对话语中标志性标记的概念性重新解释来提示的。分析重点在于因果解释,否定(尤其是因果关系)和替代性。它显示了句子层面的语言特征如何产生情景结构和话语意义的自上而下的重组,以及这如何依赖观点的多重性和概念上的“缩小”,从而激发了讽刺感。剑桥大学出版社)可能会建议,但相反,它是通过对话语中指示词的概念性重新解释而提示的。分析重点在于因果解释,否定(尤其是因果关系)和替代性。它显示了句子层面的语言特征如何产生情景结构和话语意义的自上而下的重组,以及这如何依赖观点的多重性和概念上的“缩小”,从而激发了讽刺感。剑桥大学出版社)可能会建议,但相反,它是通过对话语中指示词的概念性重新解释而提示的。分析重点在于因果解释,否定(尤其是因果关系)和替代性。它显示了句子层面的语言特征如何产生情景结构和话语意义的自上而下的重组,以及这如何依赖观点的多重性和概念上的“缩小”,从而激发了讽刺感。
更新日期:2019-05-27
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