The Mechanism and Functions of the Allusion As Intertext (based on “The Catcher In the Rye” by J. Salinger)

Abstract

The article researches into the formation and functions of the allusion as an intertext, a double-facet unit which re-encodes the pre-text surface structures and conceptually is a blend emergent from several input spaces. Its adequate on-line perception generates pleasure from reading the text.