Table des matières:
0 Introduction
About the course
Viewpoint and perspective in language and gesture
A few brief preliminaries: Mental spaces, blends, frames, constructions
1 Constructions and viewpoint
Some viewpoint phenomena in the Noun Phrase
Negation, stance verbs, and intersubjectivity
More on negation: Alternativity in poetry and drama
2 Extending viewpoint constructions from grammar to discourse
The language of distance in grammar and discourse
Irony as a viewpoint phenomenon
3 Constructions and viewpoint across genres and modalities
Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres
Fitting discourse context and constructions into cognitive metaphor theory
Figurative language and viewpoint in political speeches: JFK & Obama
Interactions between discourse status and viewpoint in co-speech gesture
Illusions of simplicity: A cognitive approach to visual poetry
4 Multiple languages, multiple narratives, multiple infinities?
Multiple languages, multiple Englishes
Multiple narratives
Multiple infinities – Finding visual viewpoint parallels