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ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.09.013

Cognitive Extension in Multiliteracies: An Extratextual Dimension of Stylistic Studies

Kai Liu

Department of General Education, Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China.

*Corresponding author: Kai Liu

This paper is supported by The Key Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of Anhui Provincial Universities in 2024, titled “Research on the Collaborative Mechanism for Multimodal International Communication of Xin’an Medicine in Southern Anhui Based on Translation-Writing Strategies” (Project No.: 2024AH052624).
Published: October 16, 2025

Abstract

In multiliteracies, extratextual elements participate in constructing textual meaning and evoke unique reading experiences for readers. The material-social relationships formed by the coupling of texts with extratextual elements such as people, artifacts, and the world constitute a source of meaning, and through design, they become an integral part of readers’ reading minds. By employing the embodied-extended cognition theory to conduct an ontological exploration of concepts related to multiliteracies, this study redefines texts, readers, and other elements in multiliteracies activities, aiming to elucidate the process by which texts and extratextual elements couple to participate in meaning construction. The research finds that extratextual elements can facilitate readers in obtaining unique experiences through a sense of immersion, thus holding poetic significance in the study of literary styles. Essentially, multiliteracies under digital technological conditions represent an extension of reading minds. Conducting research on the extratextual dimension in this context can broaden the research horizons of disciplines such as generalized cognitive poetics.

Keyword

Machine translation post-editing; CiteSpace; Knowledge mapping; Bibliometric analysis; Chinese and international scholarship

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How to cite this paper

Cognitive Extension in Multiliteracies: An Extratextual Dimension of Stylistic Studies

How to cite this paper: Kai Liu. (2025) Cognitive Extension in Multiliteracies: An Extratextual Dimension of Stylistic Studies. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science9(9), 1768-1774.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.09.013