Backwards time: Causal catachresis and its influence on viewpoint flow
(2019)
Journal Article
Virdee, D. (2019). Backwards time: Causal catachresis and its influence on viewpoint flow. Cognitive Linguistics, 30(2), 417-438. https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2018-0040
This paper proposes a cognitive linguistic explanation of the unusual narrative construal of time as moving backwards. It shows that backwards time in narrative involves setting up an alternative space in which a second narrative is constructed simul... Read More about Backwards time: Causal catachresis and its influence on viewpoint flow.