ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-CORE-244-022 · ATLAS 251

Text world

The world constructed by a text from characters, objects, spaces, times, rules, and possible events.

Explanation

The world constructed by a text from characters, objects, spaces, times, rules, and possible events. It describes understanding as the construction of a navigable model in which explicit statements and inferred connections jointly hold.

Example

Scattered cues allow readers to construct a city, its districts, and its social order.

Counterexample

Merely mentioning “Text world” without the described function is not a sufficient example.

Distinction

A discourse world more strongly includes the communicative situation and its knowledge; a text world denotes the model projected by the text.

Effect on thought and perception

It describes understanding as the construction of a navigable model in which explicit statements and inferred connections jointly hold.

Resonance

In the atlas, Text world closes 1 previously unresolved reference line(s) and opens controlled paths of thought.

Etymology

Technical core term; individual etymological review pending

Provenance

ATLAS 241 residual-case triage → profile candidate 241-C → source and neighbourhood cross-check → ATLAS 244

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Text world“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-CORE-244-022. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-244-022

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