Lisa Zunshine
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lisa Zunshine is involved.
Articles
2016 Validating judgments of perspective embedding: Further explorations of a new tool for literary analysis Scientific Study of Literature 6:2, pp. 278–297 | Article
Previous work (Whalen, Zunshine, & Holquist, 2012) has shown that perspective embedding ("she thought I left" embedding her perspective on "I left") affects reading times for short vignettes. With increasing levels of embedment 1–5, reading times rose almost linearly. Level 0 was as slow as 3–4.… read more
2012 Theory of Mind and embedding of perspective: A psychological test of a literary “sweet spot” Scientific Study of Literature 2:2, pp. 301–315 | Article
Theory of Mind (ToM) has been proposed to explain social interactions, with real people but also with fictional characters, by interpreting their mind as well as our own. “Perspective embedding” exploits ToM by placing events in characters’ minds (e.g., “he remembered she was home”). Three levels… read more