Robert F. Barsky

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert F. Barsky is involved.

Title

Constructing a Productive Other: Discourse theory and the Convention refugee hearing

Robert F. Barsky

This book is a description of the process of constructing a productive Other for the purpose of being admitted to Canada as a Convention refugee. The whole claiming procedure is analyzed with respect to two actual cases, and contextualized by reference to pertinent national and international… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 29] 1994. x, 272 pp.

Article

sWhalen, Douglas H., Lisa Zunshine, Evelyne Ender, Eugenia Kelbert, Jason Tougaw, Robert F. Barsky, Peter Steiner and Michael Holquist 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