Storytelling on Oral Grounds: Viewpoint Alignment and Perspective Taking in Narrative Discourse

In this paper, we seek to explain the power of perspective taking in narrative discourse by turning to research on the oral foundations of storytelling in human communication and language. We argue that narratives function through a central process of alignment between the viewpoints of narrator, he...

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Main Authors: Kobie van Krieken, José Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634930/full