# Text worlds, anaphora and syntactic structures as spandrels

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-03-23-text-worlds-anaphora-and-syntactic-structures-as-spandrels

The piece uses anomalous anaphora to argue that syntax can serve as a logistical vehicle for building and blending text worlds.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 23 March 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 23 March 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: grammar, narrative, conceptual-blending.

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