Discourse-pragmatic variation in context : eight hundred years of like / Alexandra D'Arcy, University of Victoria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Arcy, Alexandra, 1972- author.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; 0165-7763 v. 187.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; volume 187

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Like (The English word).

English language--Syntax.

English language.

Physical Description:

xx, 235 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

Summary:

Like' is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of 'like', each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical context, its developmental context, its social context, and its ideological context. The final chapter examines the ways in which these contexts overlap and inform current understanding of acquisition, structure, change, and embedding. The volume also features an extensive appendix, containing numerous examples of 'like' in its pragmatic functions from a range of English corpora, both diachronic and synchronic. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of English historical linguistics, grammaticalization, language variation and change, discourse-pragmatics and the interface of these fields with formal linguistic theory.

Contents:

1 Foreword p. xi

2 Acknowledgements p. xiii

3 List of figures p. xv

4 List of tables p. xvii

5 Abbreviations p. xix

6 Chapter 1. Introduction p. 1

7 Chapter 2. Empirical context p. 35

8 Chapter 3. Historical context p. 47

9 Chapter 4. Developmental context p. 67

10 Chapter 5. Social context p. 117

11 Chapter 6. Ideological context p. 125

12 Chapter 7. Contextual interfaces p. 150

13 References p. 177

14 Appendix. Anthology of like p. 201

15 Index p. 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: D'Arcy, Alexandra, 1972- author. Discourse-pragmatic variation in context

ISBN:

9789027259523

9027259526

OCLC:

983706103