Segal et al. include the introduction of a new character or a shift in time or place as examples of narrative discontinuity.82 Murray also identifies ‘reversions to an earlier setting or scene (such as a flashback), an abrupt topic change, a surprising turn of events, a character moving away from what he/she is currently doing, or a violation of an expectation created in the previous text’ as among numerous examples of discontinuity in narrative.83 Sentence conjunctions are one means of informing
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