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unspeakable sentences: a standalone construct

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unspeakablesentences1 CONSTRUCTUnspeakable sentencesBANFIELD · NARRATOLOGY

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Narratology

the linguistic claim, made by Banfield, that sentences of represented thought in fiction cannot be uttered by any speaker and so need not be attributed to a narrator.

In narratology, unspeakable sentences refers to the linguistic claim, made by Banfield, that sentences of represented thought in fiction cannot be uttered by any speaker and so need not be attributed to a narrator. This meaning comes from Banfield (1982) in Unspeakable sentences.[1]

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References

  1. Banfield, A. (1982). Unspeakable sentences. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 9781138815513

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