Reconceptualizing foregrounding: Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives

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Reconceptualizing foregrounding : Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives. / Bálint, Katalin; Hakemulder, Frank; Kuijpers, Moniek; Doicaru, Miruna; Tan, Ed.

In: Scientific Study of Literature, Vol. 6, No. 2, 20.03.2017, p. 176-207.

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Harvard

Bálint, K, Hakemulder, F, Kuijpers, M, Doicaru, M & Tan, E 2017, 'Reconceptualizing foregrounding: Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives', Scientific Study of Literature, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 176-207. https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.6.2.02bal

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Bálint, K., Hakemulder, F., Kuijpers, M., Doicaru, M., & Tan, E. (2017). Reconceptualizing foregrounding: Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives. Scientific Study of Literature, 6(2), 176-207. https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.6.2.02bal

Vancouver

Bálint K, Hakemulder F, Kuijpers M, Doicaru M, Tan E. Reconceptualizing foregrounding: Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives. Scientific Study of Literature. 2017 Mar 20;6(2):176-207. https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.6.2.02bal

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Bálint, Katalin ; Hakemulder, Frank ; Kuijpers, Moniek ; Doicaru, Miruna ; Tan, Ed. / Reconceptualizing foregrounding : Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives. In: Scientific Study of Literature. 2017 ; Vol. 6, No. 2. pp. 176-207.

Bibtex

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