Contrastive pragmatics / edited by Karin Aijmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aijmer, Karin.

Series:

Benjamins current topics ; v. 30.

Benjamins current topics, 1874-0081 ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Interlanguage (Language learning).

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We have recently seen a broadening of pragmatics to new areas and to the study of more than one language. This is illustrated by the present volume on Contrastive Pragmatics which brings together a number of articles originally presented at the 10th International Pragmatics Conference in Göteborg in 2007. The contributions deal with pragmatic phenomena such as speech acts, discourse markers and modality in different language pairs using theoretical approaches such as politeness theory, Conversation Analysis, Appraisal Theory, grammaticalization and cultural textology. Also discourse practices and genres may differ across cultures as illustrated by the study of TV news shows in different countries. Contrastive pragmatics also includes the comparative study of pragmatic phenomena from a foreign language perspective, a new area with implications for language teaching and intercultural communication. The contributions to this volume were originally published in Languages in Contrast 9:1 (2009).

Contents:

Contrastive Pragmatics

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction

Individual contributions

References

Modality and engagement in British and German political interviews

1. Introduction

2. Data and Contexts

3. Modality and Appraisal Theory

4. Comparison

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

Notes

The intersubjective function of modal adverbs

2. The classification of modal adverbs in English and French and its implications

2.1 English modal adverbs

2.2 A comparison with restrictives and identificatives in French (adverbes assertifs restrictifs vs. adverbes assertifs identificatifs)

2.3 A case in point: évidemment

3. The specificity of -ly adverbs as regards modality

3.1 Combination of modalities

3.2 Hearsay adverbs

4. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Intersubjective positioning in French and English

1. Introduction: Research questions and methodology

2. The data

3. Functional analysis: From lexical meaning to intersubjective uses

3.1 Introduction: The notion of intersubjectivity

3.2 Lexical meanings and colloquial uses

3.3 The rise of intersubjective meaning

3.4 Quantitative overview

4. Formal analysis

4.1 Decategorialization

4.2 Phonetic erosion and coalescence

4.3 Scope

5. Conclusions

Challenges in contrast

2. Challenges: Theory and practice

2.1 From linguistic form to pragmatic function

2.2 From pragmatic function to linguistic form

2.3 From pragmatic function to contextual configuration

3. Challenges in context

3.1 Challenges in the British data

3.2 Challenges in the German data

Interruption in advanced learner French

2. Rationale.

3. Data and method

3.1 Data and subjects

3.2 Method

4. Results

4.1 Quantitative information

4.2 Operational vs. situated analysis

5. Summary and concluding discussion

Acknowledgement

Appendix - Transcription conventions

Closeness and distance

1. Concepts, methods and corpus

2. Analysis

3. Discussion

4. Summary

The nominative and infinitive in English and Dutch

2. The NCI in English

2.1 Five NCI constructions

2.2 The evidential NCI construction

2.3 The origin of the NCI

2.4 The Modern English history of the NCI

3. The NCI in Dutch

3.1 The NCI in Present-day Dutch

3.2 The Modern Dutch history of the NCI

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613128249

9781283128247

1283128241

9789027286642

9027286647

OCLC:

742620939