Sonja Zeman

List of John Benjamins publications in which Sonja Zeman is involved.

Title

Perspectives on Narrativity and Narrative Perspectivization

Edited by Natalia Igl and Sonja Zeman

The book offers a novel approach to the question of how to model narrativity against the background of perspectivization. By bringing together contributions from neuro- and cognitive linguistics, literary studies, and picture theory, the volume uncovers basic mechanisms of perspectivization that… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 21] 2016. viii, 185 pp.

Zeman, Sonja 2019 The emergence of viewpoints in multiple perspective constructions Irregular perspective shifts and perspective persistence: Discourse-oriented and theoretical approaches, Gentens, Caroline, María Sol Sansiñena, Stef Spronck and An Van linden (eds.), pp. 226–249 | Article

This paper tackles the question of how multiple viewpoints emerge through the interplay of different viewpoint parameters within the (i) dynamics of discourse and (ii) their diachronic development. In particular, it will focus on ‘Future of Fate’ (FoF) (e.g. He was never to return.), i.e.… read more

Zeman, Sonja 2018 What is a Narration – and why does it matter? Linguistic Foundations of Narration in Spoken and Sign Languages, Hübl, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 173–206 | Chapter

Despite the increasing interest in textual structure and the specific use of linguistic means in narratives, the concept of Narration has so far not been an issue of theoretical concern within linguistics but has rather been used than defined or problematized. In this respect, the chapter takes a… read more

Zeman, Sonja 2016 Introduction: Perspectives on narrativity and narrative perspectivization Perspectives on Narrativity and Narrative Perspectivization, Igl, Natalia and Sonja Zeman (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article

Zeman, Sonja 2016 Chapter 1. Perspectivization as a link between narrative micro- and macro-structure Perspectives on Narrativity and Narrative Perspectivization, Igl, Natalia and Sonja Zeman (eds.), pp. 17–42 | Article

This chapter holds that the basic principle of narrative discourse structure can be deduced from cognitive-linguistic principles of perspectivization, which are manifested on different levels of linguistic structure in a recursive manner. This is shown in an analysis of point of view in grammar, on… read more

Zeman, Sonja 2014 (C)Overt epistemic modality and its perspectival effects on the textual surface Modes of Modality: Modality, typology, and universal grammar, Leiss, Elisabeth and Werner Abraham (eds.), pp. 457–484 | Article

With an eye on the universal status of modality, the paper focuses on covert and overt grammatical coding of epistemic modality and its perspectival effects on the textual surface. Based on a theoretical discussion concerning the core principle of root vs. epistemic modality, it is argued that the… read more

Zeman, Sonja 2012 8. More than “time”: The grammaticalisation of the German tense system and ‘frame of reference’ as a crucial interface between space and time Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Linguistic diversity, Filipović, Luna and Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt (eds.), pp. 157–178 | Article

In the previous chapter, Vanek shows that cross-linguistic differences in organising temporal information can be traced back to different processes of time perspectivation. As space and time are considered to be conceptually intertwined, it seems natural in this respect to ask to what extent the… read more

Hinterwimmer, Stefan and Sonja Zeman  Perspectival mechanisms of modality: Semantic shifts of modal verb sollen (‘shall’) + inf. in German Evolutionary Linguistic Theory: Online-First Articles | Article

In recent years, it has been shown that perspectivization is not a pragmatic add-on but central to human cognition and linguistic conceptualization (see e.g. MacWhinney 2005, Verhagen 2023). One linguistic aspect where this is particularly obvious is modality as the semantic domain whose core… read more