GRAMMATICAL STANDARD REVERSION IN FICTIONAL TEXT SPACE

GRAMMATICAL STANDARD REVERSION IN FICTIONAL TEXT SPACE

Author:  E.S. Petrova

Affiliation:  Saint Petersburg State University

Abstract: 
The author introduces the notion of grammatical standard reversion. She investigates the cognitive and functional potential of substandard forms in the grammar space of English-language fiction. A change of the discursive functions of standard and non-standard text fragments is dealt with. The direct speech "appropriation" phenomenon is described. The general conclusion pertains to the cognitive strategy of maximal permissible grammar substandard.

Keywords:  substandard, discursive function, narrator, grammar space, variation, folk linguistics, cognitive processing, cognitive strategy