Point-driven understanding: Pragmatic and cognitive dimensions of literary reading

Poetics· 1984-06-01· article· 152 citationsclosed

Narrative Theory and Analysis Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

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Douglas Vipond, Russell A. Hunt (1984). Point-driven understanding: Pragmatic and cognitive dimensions of literary reading. Poetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-422x(84)90005-6

@article{douglas1984pointdriven,
  title  = {Point-driven understanding: Pragmatic and cognitive dimensions of literary reading},
  author = {Vipond, Douglas and Hunt, Russell A.},
  year   = {1984},
  journal = {Poetics},
  doi    = {10.1016/0304-422x(84)90005-6}
}

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