The Language and Dynamics of Fiction

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book explores how language shapes our engagement with fiction, from understanding characters to discussing stories. It delves into the unique ways we communicate about fictional worlds, showing how fiction-related talk is used in a variety of situations. Andreas Stokke explores the semantics and pragmatics of fiction-related language, focusing on how we use language to create and discuss fictional stories and characters. He argues that the linguistic tools used for fiction are the same as those for reality, yet fictional communication is distinct as it is unconstrained by real-world reference and allows for saying things without incurring factual commitments. He also shows how fictional names retain their meaning across many ways of using them. He then analyses the various ways in which we talk about fiction, including metafictional, interfictional, and counterfictional discourse.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-31
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor250
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009680103

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Introduction; Part I. Records and Force: 1. Fictional records; 2. Internal records; 3. Foreground and background; 4. Gricean reasoning and cooperation; 5. Supporting assumptions and default inferences; 6. Fictive force; 7. Fiction and assertion; Part II. Files and Roles: 8. Fictional records as files; 9. Roles and fictional names; 10. Telling and understanding stories; 11. Metafiction; 12. Interfiction, counterfiction, and beyond; 13. Actual occupants and propositions; 14. Metasemantics and co-identification; 15. Sharing fictional names; Bibliography; Index.

'In Language and the Dynamics of Fiction, Andreas Stokke moves beyond the classic debates on fictional truth and reference, focusing instead on the dynamics of fictional discourse. Read this book for fresh perspectives on the hotly debated issues in philosophy of fiction today, from the status of fictional narrators and the nature of fiction-making speech acts, to the metaphysics of fictional characters.' Emar Maier, University of Groningen