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Tantalus is a character from Greek mythology. His punishment by the gods is so famous that it led to a whole English word being named after him: tantalising!
Variations:
Tantalus's
In literary theory, a text is anything that we can use to communicate information, messages, stories, ideas and feelings. It can be consumed, analysed, interpreted and understood by us and other people.
Variations:
texts
A text producer is the person (or people) who creates the text. They use the tools at their disposal to make something that other people can interpret and derive meaning from.
Synonyms:
Writer, Author, Playwright, Poet, Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Orator, Creator, Speaker
Variations:
Text Producers
The text receiver is the person (or people) who reads, watches or listens to the text. They rely on the cues and devices in the text to help them interpret it.
Synonyms:
Reader,Audience,Listener,Viewer,Spectator,Addressee
Variations:
text receivers
Text World Theory is a theory in cognitive linguistics that explains and analyses how we create images in our minds when we read, listen to or watch texts.
Abbreviations:
TWT
