The conversation frame : forms and functions of fictive interaction / edited by Esther Pascual, Sergeiy Sandler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pascual Olivé, Esther, editor.

Sandler, Sergeiy, editor.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 55.

Human cognitive processing (HCP) ; volume 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis--Psychological aspects.

Conversation analysis.

Discourse analysis--Psychological aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Pragmatics.

Cognitive grammar.

Psycholinguistics.

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

Summary:

This edited volume brings together the latest research on fictive interaction, that is the use of the frame of ordinary conversation as a means to structure cognition (talking to oneself), discourse (monologues organized as dialogues), and grammar ("why me? attitude"). This follows prior work on the subject by Esther Pascual and other authors, most of whom are also contributors to this volume. The 17 chapters in the volume explore fictive interaction as a fundamental cognitive phenomenon, as a ubiquitous discourse-structuring device, as a possibly universal linguistic construction, and as an effective communicative strategy in persuasion and language pathology. The data discussed involve a wide variety of unrelated languages (spoken and signed) and modes of communication (oral, written, visual), across cultural contexts and historical time. The research presented combines linguistics and cognitive science, while bridging the gap between core grammatical studies and modern conversation and discourse analysis. The volume further reaches across what may be the most basic divide in linguistics: that between descriptive, theoretical, and applied linguistics.

Contents:

1 List of contributors p. ix

2 Acknowledgements p. xi

3 Part I. Introduction

4 Fictive interaction and the conversation frame p. 3 / Esther Pascual; Sergeiy Sandler

5 Fictive interaction and the nature of linguistic meaning p. 23 / Sergeiy Sandler

6 Part II. Fictive interaction as cognitive reality

7 Generic integration templates for fictive communication p. 45 / Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas; Mark Turner

8 Real, imaginary, or fictive? p. 63 / Mingjian Xiang

9 Silent abstractions versus " Look at me " drawings p. 87 / Karen Sullivan

10 Part III. Fictive interaction as discourse structure

11 Persuading and arguing with the reader p. 113 / Krisda Chaemsaithong

12 Invocation or apostrophe? p. 131 / William FitzGerald; Todd Oakley

13 On discourse-motivated "sorries" p. 151 / Gusztav Demeter

14 Part IV. Fictive interaction as linguistic construction

15 What about? p. 171 / Maria Josep Jarque Moyano

16 Fictive questions in conditionals? p. 193 / Torsten Leuschner

17 Intonation of fictive vs. actual direct speech in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus p. 215 / Luiz Fernando Matos Rocha; Pablo Arantes

18 Polish nominal construction involving fictive interaction p. 235 / Emilia Królak

19 Evidential fictive interaction (in Ungarinyin and Russian) p. 255 / Stef Spronck

20 Recursive inflection and grammaticalized fictive interaction in the southwestern Amazon p. 277 / Hein van der Voort

21 Part V. Fictive interaction as communicative strategy

22 "Say hello to this ad" p. 303 / Line Brandt; Esther Pascual

23 The use of interactive structures as communicative strategy in Dutch and Portuguese aphasic speakers p. 323 / Christine Versluis; Lou-Ann Kleppa

24 Echolalia as communicative strategy p. 343 / Aline Dornelas; Esther Pascual

25 About the contributors p. 363

26 Author index p. 369

27 Language index p. 375

28 Subject index p. 377.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Conversation frame

ISBN:

9789027246714

9027246718

OCLC:

951644425