Overview

This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that). Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations. Most adopt an integrative approach in which speaker-listener or writer-reader relationships are viewed as part and parcel of the linguistic properties of each marker. Because it combines functional, generative and enunciative approaches into a coherent whole with a common explanatory aim, this book will be of interest to linguists, corpus-linguists and all those who investigate the semantics-pragmatics interface.

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Author:   Agnès Celle (University of Paris-Diderot) ,  Ruth Huart (University of Paris-Diderot)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   161
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9789027254047

ISBN 10:   9027254044
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   27 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. List of contributors; 2. Connectives as discourse landmarks (by Celle, Agnes); 3. Part I. Connectives and Modality; 4. Connectives, modals and prototypes: A study of rather (by Salkie, Raphael); 5. The interface between discourse and grammar: The fact is that (by Aijmer, Karin); 6. Part II. From Syntax to Pragmatics; 7. And as an aspectual connective in the event structure of pseudo-coordinative constructions (by Vos, Mark de); 8. 'Are you a good which or a bad which?' The relative pronoun as a plain connective (by Loock, Rudy); 9. From temporal to contrastive and causal: The emergence of connective after all (by Lewis, Diana M.); 10. Part III. Discourse Strategies; 11. Orchestrating conversation: The multifunctionality of well and you know in the joint construction of a verbal interaction (by Lan, Barbara Le); 12. A because B so A': Circularity and discourse progression in conversational English (by Passot, Frederique); 13. Not that... versus It's not that... (by Huart, Ruth); 14. Part IV. In Search of Operations; 15. 'He's a cop but he isn't a bastard': An enunciative approach to some pragmatic effects of the coordinator but (by Sekali, Martine); 16. Continuity and discontinuity in discourse: Notes on yet and still (by Ranger, Graham); 17. Reconsidering the discourse marking hypothesis. Even, even though, even if, etc. as morpheme/construction pairs (by Nemo, Francois); 18. Index

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