Pragmatics and corpus linguistics : a mutualistic entente / edited by Jesús Romero-Trillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Romero-Trillo, Jesús.

Series:

Mouton series in pragmatics 1864-6409 ; 2.

Mouton series in pragmatics, 1864-6409 ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

vi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2008]

Summary:

The recent history of linguistics has witnessed the development of some disciplines that were conceived apart but benefited from common intuitions. One example of this phenomenon is the relationship established throughout time between pragmatics and corpus linguistics. Although their arrival heralded the application of two paradigms based on distant theoretical principles, they always showed an interest in their mutual advances and their practical reconciliation gave birth to an intellectual synergy that proved very fruitful. The present volume is an homage to the symbiosis of pragmatics and corpus linguistics and gathers the works of some of the scholars that have striven to create the liaison between them for a better understanding of language.

MSP is a timely response to the growing demand for innovative and authoritative monographs and edited volumes from all angles of pragmatics. Recent theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, applications of evolutionary biology to the study of language, and empirical work within cognitive and developmental psychology and intercultural communication has directed attention to issues that warrant reexamination, as well as revision of some of the central tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. The series welcomes proposals that reflect this endeavor and exploration within the discipline and neighboring fields such as linguistic philosophy, communication, information science, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and cognitive science. MSP will provide a forum for authors who represent different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and intercultural paradigms, and have important and intriguing ideas and research findings to share with scholars who are interested in linguistics in general and pragmatics in particular.

Contents:

Introduction: Pragmatics and corpus linguistics - a mutualistic entente / Jesus Romero-Trillo 1

At the interface between grammar and discourse - a corpus-based study of some pragmatic markers / Karin Aijmer 11

The subjectivity of basically in British English - a corpus-based study / Christopher S. Butler 37

Variation in advanced oral interlanguage: The effect of proficiency on style choice / Jean-Marc Dewaele 65

The use(fulness) of corpus research in cross-cultural pragmatics: Complaining in intercultural service encounters / Ronald Geluykens, Bettina Kraft 93

Hesitation markers among EFL learners: Pragmatic deficiency or difference? / Gaetanelle Gilquin 119

Evidentiality in discourse: A pragmatic and empirical account / Leo Francis Hoye 151

Multi-modal corpus pragmatics: The case of active listenership / Dawn Knight, Svenja Adolphs 175

Discourse markers and the pragmatics of native and non-native teachers in a CLIL corpus / Ana Llinares-Garcia, Jesus Romero-Trillo 191

A cross-linguistic study on the pragmatics of intonation in directives / M. Dolores Ramirez-Verdugo 205

The discourse-grammar interface of regulatory teacher talk in the EFL classroom / Silvia Riesco Bernier 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110195804

3110195801

OCLC:

183147660