Text World Theory Archive
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of writings relating to Text World Theory, as developed by Professor Paul Werth during the 1980s and 1990s, and includes books, journal articles and book chapters, theses and course notes, as well as a publisher’s manuscript of Professor Werth’s seminal book Text Worlds: Representing Conceptual Space in Discourse published posthumously in 1999.
For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the external documents section below.
Dates
- Creation: 1974 - 2011
Creator
- Gavins, Joanna (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available to all researchers, by appointment
Copyright
According to document
Biographical / Historical
“The basic premise of Text World Theory is that human beings process and understand all discourse by constructing mental representations of it in their minds. Text World Theory aims to provide the analytical tools necessary for the systematic examination and discussion of these mental representations, or text-worlds.” [From the Text World Theory website]
Extent
4 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
By category
Custodial History
The collection was deposited in the University of Sheffield Library in November 2011 by Professor Joanna Gavins of the School of English, a specialist in the study of language, literature and the human mind.
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk