This week, the Text-Worlds Reading Group read Chapter 7 of the earliest known version of Paul Werth's manuscript for Text Worlds: Representing Conceptual Space in Discourse. The blog on our discussions has been written by Alison Gibbons of Sheffield Hallam University. Text World Architecture: Building and Advancing Beyond Limits Chapter 7 in both Paul Werth’s... Continue Reading →

In this meeting of the Text-Worlds Reading Group we tackled Chapter 5 on Common Ground (CG). The blog below was written by Sam Browse, from Sheffield Hallam University. Do we need any common ground or can we get along without it? With the exception of some additional diagrams, the 1992 version of Chapter 5 of... Continue Reading →

The Text-Worlds Reading Group held their second meeting on Wednesday 14th November at The Bath Hotel in Sheffield. We discussed Chapter Four of Werth’s 1992 manuscript, which is the earliest known complete draft of his monograph, Text Worlds: Representing Conceptual Space in Discourse. This week's blog is written by Sara Whiteley and there are contributions... Continue Reading →

The Text-Worlds Reading Group gathered for its first meeting on Wednesday 24th October at The University Arms, Sheffield. We began our discussion of the first three chapters of the earliest known complete manuscript for Paul Werth’s monograph, Text-Worlds: Representing Conceptual Space in Discourse. 2019 will mark 30 years since this book was published and Werth’s... Continue Reading →

2019 will mark 30 years since the publication of Paul Werth's influential monograph, Text Worlds: Representing Conceptual Space in Discourse. All contemporary Text World Theory research developed from this starting point and the University of Sheffield will be celebrating the remarkable impact the text has had through a series of events and activities over the... Continue Reading →