Overview

This three-volume set provides a representative picture of the scholarly substance of the pragmatics conference held in Antwerp. Volume two takes the view that speaking consists of the adaptive making of choices and so provides papers dealing with a spectrum of different levels of linguistic structure at which adaptation processes operate. Topics covered are: intonation patterns, morphemes, particles, modal auxiliaries, anaphoric relations, reference and deixis, possessive constructions, topic constructions, adjacency pairs, discourse and conversation, text, style, language varieties and language.

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Author:   Jef Verschueren
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   6:2
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9789027250155

ISBN 10:   9027250154
Pages:   339
Publication Date:   12 November 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Preface; 2. On the contextualizing function of speech rhythm in conversation: Question-answer sequences (by Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth); 3. Explaining a missing modal meaning: Ideology and paradigm as pragmatic parameter (by Cushing, Steven); 4. Elements of morphopragmatics (by Dressler, Wolfgang U.); 5. Switch reference anomalies and 'topic' in west greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax (by Fortescue, Michael); 6. Intonational phrases and syntactic focus domains (by Fretheim, Thorstein); 7. A pragmatic analysis of control in Chinese (by Huang, Yan); 8. Empathy as motivation for style shifting in narrative (by Kalliokoski, Jyrki); 9. Pragmatic constraints on ambiguous text (by Kess, Joseph F.); 10. From syntax to pragmatics: Inalienable possession in Brazilian Portuguese (by Kliffer, Michael D.); 11. On reference and deixis (by Kryk-Kastovsky, Barbara); 12. Contradiction and paradox in discourse (by Norrick, Neal R.); 13. On the language-internal interaction of prosody and pragmatic particles (by Ostman, Jan-Ola); 14. Ethnolinguistic and interpretative concepts in explaining language shift (by Schjerve-Rindler, Rosita); 15. Prolegomena to the pragmatics of ""situational-intentional"" varieties in Kilivila language (by Senft, Gunter); 16. The pragmatics of French newspaper headlines (by Thogmartin, Clyde); 17. My mom and I are the best friends (by Wodak, Ruth); 18. References; 19. Index of names; 20. Index of subjects"

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