Framing and perspectivising in discourse / edited by Titus Ensink, Christoph Sauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ensink, T. (Titus)

Sauer, Christoph.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 111.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Frames (Linguistics).

Perspective (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

222 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In discourse, verbal messages are framed: speakers offer cues on the basis of which hearers are able to anchor the verbal message to the context. Furthermore, speakers cannot contribute to the discourse without at the same time showing their view on the subject matter of the discourse: the content of a discourse is necessarily 'displayed' from a certain perspective. Both the framing and perspectivising of verbal messages are not static, but subject to possible changes during the development of the discourse. Both concepts function at the intersection of a psychological-cognitive and a social-functional approach to discourse. In this volume, eight contributions are brought together which offer theoretical tools for describing and explaining framing and perspectivising devices in the production and comprehension of discourse, and apply them to the analysis of several types of discourse such as political satire, letters-to-the-editor, everyday narrations and newspaper reports.

Contents:

Framing and Perspectivising in Discourse

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

List of contributors

Social-functional and cognitive approaches to discourse interpretation

Notes

References

A multimodal perspective on composition

Conclusion

Transformational frames

Concluding remarks

Reporting annual results

Conclusion and perspectives

Appendix: About the corpus

Footing, framing and the format sketch

Note

Appendix

Polyphonic constructions in everyday speech

Conclusion and outlook

Ajax is the agent

Conclusion and discussion

Perspective in medical correspondence

Name index

Subject index

The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612255410

9789027296641

9027296642

9781423766513

1423766512

9781282255418

128225541X

OCLC:

732804903