Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418) and index.
Contents
pt. I. Introduction. Ch. 1. Context of the Study -- pt. II. Testing Reader Parsimony. Ch. 2. Truncated Narratives. Ch. 3. Excerpted Narratives. Ch. 4. Gapped Narratives -- pt. III. Testing Reader Flexibility. Ch. 5. Shifting Frames. Ch. 6. Resolving Polarities. Ch. 7. Changing Registers -- pt. IV. Conclusions. Ch. 8. Implications of the Study. App. A. Corpus of Test Units -- App. B. Results of Pilot Testing.