Reviewing linguistic thought : converging trends for the 21st century / edited by Sophia Marmaridou, Kiki Nikiforidou, Eleni Antonopoulou with the assistance of Angeliki Salamoura.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marmaridou, Sophia S. A.

Nikiforidou, Kiki, 1961-

Antonopoulou, Eleni, 1948-

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 161.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 161

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Linguistics--Methodology.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

xii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction: Converging trends for 21st century linguistics: A theoretical background 1

Part I Relaxing level boundaries 13

Putting the "same" meaning together from different pieces / Eve Sweetser 23

Motivation and convention in some speech act constructions: A cognitive linguistic approach / Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg 53

Subjectivity in Spanish esperar-based constructions / Bert Cornillie 77

Part II Focusing on level interaction 97

Prolegomena to Default Semantics / Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt 107

Expressivity as an option of tense-aspect in language: The case of Modern Greek imperfective past / Eliza Kitis, Anastasios Tsangalidis 143

Focus: The interplay of phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics / Michalis Georgiafentis 163

Part III Drawing on different theories 179

Greek tragedy as impolite conversation: Towards a practice approach in linguistic theory / Michiel Leezenberg 191

Pragmatic correlates of frequency of use: The case for a notion of "minimal context" / Marina Terkourafi 209

Metaphor in Greek pain-constructions: Cognitive and functional perspectives / Chryssoula Lascaratou, Sophia Marmaridou 235

Contrastive Linguistics: A 21st century perspective / Svetlana Kurtes 255

Part IV Exploring field interaction 279

The nature of language: Twentieth century approaches / Anastasios F. Christidis 291

Micro- and macro- dimensions in linguistic systems / Nicholas J. Enfield 313

Bilingualism as matchmaker: Towards a marriage of sociopragmatic and psycholinguistic research / Joel Walters 327

The social and psychological modalities of politeness / Alexandra Kallia 347

Part V Interdisciplinary perspectives on modularity 365

New directions for research on pragmatics and modularity / Deirdre Wilson 375

Hearsay devices and metarepresentation / Elly Ifantidou 401.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3110183641

OCLC:

59223876