In:A Corpus Stylistics Approach to Contemporary Present-tense Narrative
Reiko Ikeo, Eri Shigematsu and Masayuki Nakao
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 43] 2024
► pp. ix–x
Acknowledgements
Published online: 26 September 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.43.ack
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.43.ack
The authors would like to thank the following copyright holders for
permission to quote from the following material:
Enright, Anne, extract from The Gathering, published by
Vintage. Copyright © Anne Enright, 2007.
Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group.
Healey, Emma, extract from Elizabeth is Missing,
published by Penguin. Copyright © Emma Healey, 2014. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Limited.
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present-tense fiction’ Language and Literature 28(3), 2019. Reproduced by permission of Sage.
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University.
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narrative’ Language and Literature 32(1), 2023. Reproduced by permission of Sage.
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published by Fourth Estate. Copyright © Hilary
Mantel, 2012. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers
Ltd.
Morrall, Clare, extract from Astonishing Splashes of
Colour, published by Sceptre Copyright © Clare Morrall, 2013. Reprinted by permission of the
Licensor, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, through PLSclear.
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of perception from traditional past-tense narrative to contemporary present-tense
narrative’ Journal of Literary Semantics 51(1), 2022. Reproduced by permission of De Gruyter
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of present-tense narration in Ali Smith’s How to Be Both’
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narration and thought presentation in present-tense novels: as stylistic evidence
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permission of Peter Lang.
We are deeply grateful for the patience and unfailing support provided
by the series editors, Joanna Gavins and Sonia Zyngier. We are immensely thankful to
Mick Short for generously sparing his time to read our manuscript and returning
constructive comments. Elena Semino and Dan McIntyre gave us helpful advice, for
which we are indebted. Our gratitude goes to Tomoji Tabata, Takuji Nose, and
Tomoyuki Sogabe for their invaluable guidance in constructing our corpora. We extend
our thanks to John Heywood and Andy Fox for their patient editorial assistance.
The research carried out for the writing of this book was financed by
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
21K00573).
Senshu University allowed one of the authors, Reiko Ikeo, a year’s
academic leave between 2023 and 2024.
