Textual Choices in Discourse -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introductory remarks -- Illusions of simplicity -- 1. Material problems -- 2. Cognitive tools -- 3. Cognitive analysis of visual poetry -- 3.1 Untitled poem -- 3.2 "Water Poem #5" -- 4. Cognitive conclusions -- 5. Literary connections -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- Alternativity in poetry and drama -- 1. Alternativity and negation -- 2. Negation and discourse on the stage -- 3. Alternativity in poetic discourse -- 3.1 Alternative stances -- 3.2 Frame evocation and refutation -- 3.3 Alternativity and blending -- 3.4 Alternativity of or-constructions -- 4. Alternativity and poetic effects -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- Joint attention, To the Lighthouse, and modernist representations of intersubjectivity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Joint attention -- 3. Two strategies -- 4. Thematizing joint attention -- 4.1 Joint attention in To the Lighthouse -- 4.2 The reader's eye -- 4.3 Think of a kitchen table -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- 'Where am I, lurking in what place of vantage?' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dimensions of distance in The Book of Evidence and The Sea -- 3. 'What a business it is, the human discourse'. Metalinguistic distance -- 4. 'Demand, did I?' Distancing speech representation -- 5. Metafictional distance and acts of name-giving -- 6. The situation of discourse in The Book of Evidence -- 7. Decompression and distanced perspective -- 7.1 Freddie's "inner sergeant": Decompression in The Book of Evidence -- 7.2 'Lurking in what place of vantage?' Distanced perspective in The Sea -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Primary data -- References -- Author's address -- Intertwined voices -- 1. Theoretical background -- 2. Case study -- 2.1 Method -- 2.2 Results -- 3. Close study of sample excerpts across news genres.

4. Mental spaces of sources and their function -- 5. Conclusion and discussion -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Unrealistic scenarios and rhetorical strategies: Two examples -- Example 1: Neural networks and intertwined octopi -- Example 2: European Monetary Union and trains with multiple engines -- 3. Unrealistic scenarios and metaphorical blends -- 3.1 The octopus game as a metaphorical blend, and genre -- 3.2 The EMU train as a metaphorical blend, and genre -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- LIFE IS MUSIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. MUSIC IS LIFE -- 3. LIFE IS MUSIC -- 4. Rhetorical development of the Life and Music blend -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Data sources with abbreviations used -- Author's address -- Two puzzle pieces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Blending Theory -- 3. Construction Grammar -- 3.1 NP is a NP construction -- 3.2 It's like NP construction -- 4. Discourse context & the constructions -- 5. Metaphors & similes in radio news magazine discourse -- 6. The radio news magazine genre -- 7. Constructions in discourse context -- 7.1 Non-metaphorical uses of the NP is a NP construction -- 7.2 Metaphorical uses of the NP is a NP construction -- 7.3 Non-metaphorical use of It's like NP -- 7.4 Metaphorical use of It's like NP -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author's address -- Textual choices in discourse -- Fictional and non-fictional genres -- Speech and thought representation -- Historical context -- Mental spaces and semantic frames -- Intersubjectivity -- Evocation of constructions -- Future directions -- Acknowledgements -- Index.