Linguistic Approaches to Literature - Assignment 3 James Madison University

Instructions: Today's assignment is tied very closely to the reading. See details below. Note that doing this assigment before you do your Question/Comment/Response could be helpful [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

• The opening chapter of Mark Turner's book makes the bold claim that "narrative imagining -- story -- is the fundamental instrument of thought." He then describes what we need to look for to rigorously model the narrative imagining process. There is a final discussion and set of terms (particularly for parables) at the end of the reading. Looking carefully at what he uses as examples, attempt to state what each iof the following is in your own words:
  1. Prediction

  
  
  

  2. Evaluation

  
  
  

  3. Planning

  
  
  

  4. Explanation

  
  
  

  5. Objects and Events

  
  
  

  6. Actors

  
  
  

  7. Stories