Blending and narrative viewpoint: Jonathan Raban's travels through mental spaces

Language and Literature

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-127

  Dancygier, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blending; Cognitive stylistics; Mental spaces; Narrative viewpoint; Raban, Jonathan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248715166     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947005051281     Document Type: Article

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