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This document summarizes an empirical study of how readers respond to literary texts. It finds that readers exhibit three key components of response to literature: 1) They note distinctive linguistic features used in the text, 2) These features cause a sense of unfamiliarity or "defamiliarization", and 3) This prompts readers to modify their existing concepts or feelings in a novel way. The study argues these components characterize a unique psychological process in literary reading that is irreducible to g
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- John Wilkins
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