Pragmatic Markers in Contrast / edited by Karin Aijmer, Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aijmer, Karin, editor.

Simon-Vandenbergen, A. M., editor.

Series:

Studies in Pragmatics ; 2.

Studies in Pragmatics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contrastive linguistics.

Discourse markers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Building on the first volume in the Studies in Pragmatics series which clearly set out the differences and similarities in approaches to discourse markers, Pragmatic Markers in Contrast continues the debate through offering a unique and thorough examination of the methods and theories for studying pragmatic markers cross-linguistically. As a result of internationalisation and new developments in linguistics there has been an increasing interest in cross-linguistic studies. Aijmer and Simon-Vandenbergen have assembled experts in this field to explore the comparison of pragmatic markers across languages in order to offer important insights into the similarities and differences between languages. Contrastive studies can also shed more light on the pragmatic and discourse functions that pragmatic markers fulfil in the languages compared. Another issue is to what extent pragmatic markers which have evolved from the same lexical source have developed similar functions in different languages. An impressively large number of different approaches are represented in this volume as well as a wide range of languages including; English, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Norwegian and Solv (a dialect of Finland Swedish).

Contents:

Introduction, K. Aijmer, A-M. Simon-Vandenbergen

The Function of Adverbial Connectors in Second Initial Position in English and Swedish, B. Altenberg

The English Pragmatic Marker surely and its Functional Counterparts in Spanish, A. Downing

Polysemy Patterns in Contrast: The Case of Dutch 'toch' and German 'doch', A. Foolen

On the Universality of Discourse Markers, B. Fraser

"Not now" - on Non-Correspondence between the Cognate Adverbs now and na, H. Hasselgard

How Well can well be Translated? On the English Discourse Particle well and its Correspondences in Norwegian and German, S. Johansson

Contrastive Analysis of Adversative Relational Markers, Using Comparable Corpora, D.M. Lewis

The Spanish Discourse Markers. o sea and pues and their English Correspondences, A-B. Stenstrom

Aspectual Particles in some European Languages, W. Vandeweghe

Dialogistic Positions and Anticipated Audiences a Framework for Stylistic Comparisons, P. R. R. White, M. Sano

Vraiment and really in Contrast. When Truth and Reality Meet, D. Willems, A. Demol

Constructions in Cross-Language Research. Verbs as Pragmatic Particles in Solv, J-O. Ostman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611050146

9781281050144

1281050148

9780080480299

0080480292

OCLC:

476057894

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9780080480299 DOI