In:The Idea of a Text and the Nature of Textual Meaning
Anders Pettersson
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 7] 2017
► pp. 11–29
Chapter 1The ordinary conception of a text and the cluster conception
Published online: 26 April 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.7.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.7.c1
Article outline
- Two conceptions of what a text is
- The ordinary conception of the text in practical use
- Reddy on the metaphors structuring the ordinary understanding of communication
- Cruse on words that allow for facets
- The complementarity of the ordinary conception of the text and the cluster conception
- Ontological considerations and the question of how texts exist
- Rudner and Cameron on what a text is
- Concluding remarks
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