Necessarily a narrator or narrator if necessary: A short note on a long subject words

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uri Margolin
Keyword(s):  
General Model ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
The Status ◽  
Category Instance ◽  
Literary Narrative ◽  
Communicative Role

AbstractFor (at least) literary narratives I propose to understand “narrator” as follows: An inner-textual speech position from which the current narrative discourse as a whole originates, and from which references to the entities, actions and events that this discourse is about are being made. Through a dual process of metonymic transfer and anthropomorphisation the term “narrator” is then employed to designate a presumed occupant of this position, the hypothesized producer of the current discourse. A narrator is a linguistically indicated, textually projected and readerly identified position whose occupant needs to be thought of primarily in terms of a communicative role, distinct from any actualworld flesh-and-blood (or computer) producer of the text. The paper describes in brief eight different kinds of general considerations (linguistic, philosophical, methodological and general literary-theoretical) which can motivate a narratologist to judge the narrator category/instance as an indispensable or as a merely optional element of his general model of literary narrative. The article concludes with two recent theoretical moves which tend to circumvent the need for such a choice by either re-drawing the narratologist's domain of objects or by redefining the status of the narrator category itself.

Grammatik der Narration

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-494
Author(s):  
Sonja Zeman
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Linguistic Theory ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Narrative Fiction ◽  
The Status ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Narrative Syntax

AbstractIs there a ‚narrative syntax‘, i. e. a special grammar restricted to narrative fiction? Starting from this question which has been investigated since early structuralism, the paper focusses on grammatical characteristics of narrative discourse mode and their implications for a linguistic theory of narration. Its goal is two-fold: In a first step, the traditional accounts by Benveniste, Hamburger, Kuroda and recent typological studies are brought together in order to support the claim that the distinction between narrative and non-narrative discourse mode is a fundamental one that has consequences for the use of grammar. In a second step, I discuss three central questions within the intersection between narrative micro- and macro-structures, namely (i) the definition of narrativity, (ii) the status of the narrator, and (iii) the relation between narration and fictionality. In sum, the article argues that investigations on the ‘grammar of narration’ do not just offer insights into a specific text configuration next to others, but are deeply linked to fundamental theoretical questions concerning the architecture of language – and that the comparison between linguistic and narratological categories offers a potential for addressing them.

scholarly journals Why do we accept a narrative discourse ascribed to a “third-person narrator” as true? The classical, and a cognitive approach

Semiotica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (203) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erzsébet Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Architecture ◽  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Narrative Comprehension ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
States Of Affairs ◽  
Linguistic Representation ◽  
Free Representation ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Literary Narrative

AbstractThe aim of the present paper is to discuss the question of why readers accept a literary narrative discourse attributed traditionally to an “omniscient third-person narrator” unconditionally as true. I will advocate two theses. First, that this characteristic of narrative comprehension is a consequence of a grammatical feature of the narrative discourse, namely, the absence of the “narrating-I.” This format mimics what Cosmides and Tooby label as scope-free representation, i.e., a representation that is not bound by scope-operators and thus treated by a cognitive architecture as architecturally true. Second, narrative discourse ascribed traditionally to a third person narrator should be understood as the linguistic representation of the true states of affairs of a narrative world.

AUTHORITY VERSUS SEXUALITY: DIALECTICS IN WOMAN'S IMAGE IN MODERN SUDANESE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE

Hawwa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-139
Author(s):  
Afis Oladosu
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Tayeb Salih ◽  
The Status ◽  
Literary Writing ◽  
Intellectual Activities

AbstractNotwithstanding its "peripheral" status in Arabic literary writing, the portrayal of the woman's image in the Sudanese narrative discourse essays the protean nature of literary and intellectual activities in Sudan and the eclecticism in the status of the Sudanese woman (al-mar'a al-sūdāniyya) in the early modern period in the country. This paper attempts to appropriate her locus and location in Sudan's historical and socio-cultural landscape using the mirror provided by Mu'āwiyya Muhammad Nūr, Mulkat Dār Muhammad and Tayeb Salih as its guide. The dialecticism in her image which is evidenced in the creative world of these writers is thereafter sublimated into two strategies: Authority and Sexuality.

Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary candidate, Aldan River, Yakutia, U.S.S.R.

1983 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Cowie ◽  
A. Yu. Rozanov
Keyword(s):  
Short Note ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
New Work ◽  
The Status ◽  
Stratotype Section

SummaryThe current situation in 1982 regarding the status and validity of the Ulakhan-Sulugur section on the Aldan River as a candidate for the global stratotype section and point for the Precambrian-Cambrian (PC-C) Boundary is reviewed with details of new work since 1973 and consequent revisions of views on controversial topics on a regional, continental and intercontinental scale of stratigraphic correlations with a short note regarding accessibility.

The cognitive-emotional amalgam

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Pessoa
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Cognition And Emotion ◽  
Emotional Perception ◽  
Process Theories ◽  
The Status ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Dual Process Theories ◽  
The Brain

AbstractIn the précis to The Cognitive-Emotional Brain, I summarize a framework for understanding the organization of cognition and emotion in the brain. Here, I address six major themes that emerged in the commentaries: (1) emotional perception and automaticity; (2) the status of cognition and emotion: together or separate? (3) evolutionary implications for the understanding of emotion and cognition; (4) the diverse forms of cognitive-emotional integration; (5) dual process theories; and (6) functional diversity of brain regions/networks and cognitive ontologies. The central argument is, again, that cognition and emotion are so highly interactive, and indeed integrated, that these two elements blend into a new amalgam.

FRACTALITY IN LITERARY NARRATIVE

Fractals ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
J. B. RAMÍREZ-MALO ◽  
M. DOMÍNGUEZ ◽  
F. BELLIDO
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical System ◽  
Correlation Dimension ◽  
Discrete Dynamical System ◽  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Embedding Problem ◽  
Nonlinear Characteristic ◽  
Generator System ◽  
Formal Expression ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Literary Narrative

In the context of current Narratology, a novel can be regarded as an information generator system. This information can be symbolically and numerically codified and, subsequently, studied by nonlinear characteristic geometrical methods. Using this approach, geometric structures underlying the narrative discourse become evident. In this work, using a particular novel as our experimental data source, a formal expression for a discrete dynamical system is deduced, which generates a representative orbit of the narrative discourse evolution. The fractal dimension of this orbit is calculated from the correlation dimension and its deterministic character is unambiguously proved by solving the associated embedding problem. Finally, we describe the general features that a novel must satisfy in order to apply the proposed procedure.

scholarly journals Notes On The Status Of Viola Uliginosa In Lithuania

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalytė Matulevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Water Table ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
The Status ◽  
Potential Habitats ◽  
Two Populations

AbstractThe number of localities and the recent status of the populations of Viola uliginosa were unknown due to the absence of data. The short note presents recent data on the occurrence of this species in the Žalgiriai Forest (Šilutė district, western part of Lithuania). These data confirm the fact of the survival of V. uliginosa in the territory of the country and possibility of broader distribution of the species in Lithuania. Potential habitats and threats were discussed. Recent status of two populations of V. uliginosa in the Žalgiriai Forest is considered to be good. However, the vicinity of clear-cut area may have negative influence due to possible water table changes in the habitat of one population, while another population might be threatened in case of clear cuttings in the habitat.

Moral Judgments

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertram F. Malle
Keyword(s):  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Evaluative Judgments ◽  
Norm Violation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status

Research on morality has increased rapidly over the past 10 years. At the center of this research are moral judgments—evaluative judgments that a perceiver makes in response to a moral norm violation. But there is substantial diversity in what has been called moral judgment. This article offers a framework that distinguishes, theoretically and empirically, four classes of moral judgment: evaluations, norm judgments, moral wrongness judgments, and blame judgments. These judgments differ in their typical objects, the information they process, their speed, and their social functions. The framework presented here organizes the extensive literature and provides fresh perspectives on measurement, the nature of moral intuitions, the status of moral dumbfounding, and the prospects of dual-process models of moral judgment. It also identifies omitted questions and sets the stage for a broader theory of moral judgment, which the coming decades may bring forth.

Trait explanations in personality psychology

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. McCrae ◽  
Paul T. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
General Model ◽  
Shared Meaning ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
External Influences ◽  
Meaning Systems ◽  
The Status ◽  
Model Action

Recent debates on the status of contemporary trait psychology (Pervin, 1994) have revived old questions about the role of traits in the explanation of behavior: are traits mere descriptions of behavior, or do they offer one legitimate and useful form of explanation? We review the logic of trait explanation and present a general model of the person in which personality traits are hypothetical constructs regarded as basic dispositions. In interaction with external influences—notably shared meaning systems—traits contribute causally to the development of habits, attitudes, skills, and other characteristic adaptations. In this model, action and experience can be explained directly or proximally in terms of the interaction of the immediate situation with the individual's characteristic adaptations, and indirectly or distally in terms of underlying personality traits.

scholarly journals Athlete’s life path in the perspective of gender athletes reporting opportunities in their sports after their sport carrier

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Piroska Béki ◽  
Beatrix Faragó
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Sports Management ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Interview Research ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Status ◽  
Questionnaire Research ◽  
Life Path

Sport is the highlight of the male-female relationship system. We find that the concept of homogeneity is becoming more and more weakened, sport becomes unisex, which can strongly influence gender judgment in society. The "weaker sex" appearance and spread of the sport indicate that something has changed in the world, so thinking has to change also. Nowadays, there is a dual process in the field of sport: 1.) women appear in the traditionally masculine sports, and this plays an important role in the development of gender relations as mixed races arise; 2.) at the same time, men also appear in previously reserved areas for women, which they have not had opportunities so far (BÉKI, 2018). This phenomenon can be observed, though much slower in sports management. Yet in other sports roles, the gates for both sexes have not yet been opened in masculine and feminine sports. The study deals with how the status of an athlete will be transformed after sport if he/she wants to remain his or her sport in other sports roles - concentrating on coaching and judging roles – to represent his or her own sport. Particularly, we have been focusing on sports whose judgment is not socially acceptable to both sexes. The research sample is team and individual women athletes who are more than 14 years old. Research method is in-depth interview research (n = 145) and questionnaire research (n = 240). The results showed that female athletes are becoming more accepted in masculine sports, although more limited in their careers possibilities than men after an athlete’s life. Their athlete’s identity is strong, they want to stay in the sport on the civilian life as well.

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