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CLiC Dickens - characterisation in the representation of speech and body language from a corpus stylistic perspective.

CLiC Dickens - 从语料库风格角度描述言语和肢体语言的表征。

基本信息

批准号：
AH/P504634/1
负责人：
Michaela Mahlberg
金额：
$ 7.55万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP504634%2F1
关键词：
CLiC Dickens characterisation representation speech

项目摘要

The CLiC Dickens project demonstrates through corpus stylistics how computer-assisted methods can be used to study literary texts and lead to new insights into how readers perceive fictional characters. The methods we employ and develop are mainly situated in the wider field of corpus linguistics, in which digitised versions of texts and customised software are used to find recurrent textual patterns which operate both above and below the level of explicit conscious awareness. Many frequently-occurring literary patterns fall below consciousness, and yet have been demonstrated to have lingering readerly effects and important consequences for the process of characterisation (Stockwell 2009). This insight has important implications for the cognitive poetic work of literary linguists, as we will show with our project. We suggest an innovative approach by combining corpus linguistic methods with research questions from cognitive poetics, specifically the way that readers engage in 'mind-modelling' in the process of characterisation (Stockwell 2002). In particular, we are interested in the textual patterns that contribute to the reader's perception of fictional characters. As a case study, we focus on novels by Charles Dickens, an author who is renowned for his skilful creation of fictional characters and his rich characterisation. We will study textual patterns in the speech of characters and ways in which the descriptive body language that accompanies speech is presented in the text.We have conducted initial pilot studies which suggest that textual patterns brought to light with the help of computermethods provide an entirely new perspective on the textual techniques of characterisation (Mahlberg 2012, Mahlberg & Smith 2012, Mahlberg et al. forthcoming). Based on these initial findings, the current project aims to significantly extend our previous work by developing a tool - CLiC - that supports the analysis of fictional speech and literary body language. CLiC (Corpus Linguistics in Cheshire) will be a web-based tool for searching and annotating (literary) texts. It is particularly effective in complex searches, pinpointing target words, phrases and structures in relation to other interesting features (quoted speech, thought presentation, body language descriptions) and positions in the text (near chapter and paragraph breaks, narrated or reported material). CLiC will help to provide an empirical foundation for the development of an overarching cognitive poetic interpretative framework for the analysis of fictional characters. Hence we will suggest an approach that brings corpus linguistics and cognitive poetics together in innovative ways.We will make CLiC freely available on the web so that other researchers can use the tool. CLiC and the fundamentaltheoretical insights of our approach also have relevance more widely for the teaching of literature. We aim to illustrate the potential of the tool and our approach by running workshops, including events for students and teachers. We will also publish an Activity Book (a hands-on research manual and coursebook) with fully-worked analyses arising from the research.

CLIC狄更斯项目通过语料库文体学展示了如何使用计算机辅助方法来研究文学文本，并导致对读者如何感知虚构人物的新见解。我们使用和开发的方法主要位于语料库语言学的更广泛领域，在语料库语言学中，使用文本的数字化版本和定制的软件来寻找重复出现的文本模式，这些模式在显性意识水平之上和之下运作。许多频繁出现的文学模式在意识之下，但已被证明具有挥之不去的阅读效果和表征过程中的重要后果(斯托克韦尔，2009)。这一见解对文学语言学家的认知诗学工作具有重要的影响，正如我们将通过我们的项目所展示的那样。我们提出了一种创新的方法，将语料库语言学方法与认知诗学的研究问题相结合，特别是读者在表征过程中进行心智建模的方式(Stockwell 2002)。特别是，我们对有助于读者感知虚构人物的文本模式感兴趣。作为个案研究，我们关注查尔斯·狄更斯的小说，他以巧妙的小说人物塑造和丰富的人物刻画而闻名。我们将研究人物言语中的文本模式以及伴随着言语的描述性肢体语言在文本中的呈现方式。我们进行了初步的初步研究，表明借助计算机方法揭示的文本模式为表征文本技术提供了一个全新的视角(Mahlberg 2012，Mahlberg&Smith 2012，Mahlberg等人)。即将推出)。基于这些初步发现，目前的项目旨在通过开发一个支持虚构言语和文学肢体语言分析的工具CLIC来显著扩展我们以前的工作。CLIC(柴郡语料库语言学)将是一个基于网络的工具，用于搜索和注释(文学)文本。它在复杂的搜索中特别有效，根据其他有趣的特征(引用的演讲、思想陈述、肢体语言描述)和文本中的位置(接近章节和段落分隔符、叙述或报告材料)精确定位目标单词、短语和结构。CLIC将有助于为建立一个分析虚构人物的总体认知诗学解释框架提供经验基础。因此，我们将提出一种方法，以创新的方式将语料库语言学和认知诗学结合在一起。我们将在网络上免费提供CLIC，以便其他研究人员可以使用该工具。CLIC和我们方法的基本理论见解对文学教学也有更广泛的相关性。我们的目标是通过举办研讨会，包括为学生和教师举办活动，来说明该工具的潜力和我们的方法。我们还将出版一本活动手册(一本实践研究手册和教材)，其中包含从研究中产生的全面分析。