Comparative Concept: theater metaphor (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
theater metaphor (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | theater metaphor |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | theater metaphor (inf) |
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Definition
a metaphor used to describe the information status of referents in discourse, especially narrative discourse. The theater metaphor divides referents into three categories: actors, props, and settings. (Section 3.4.1)