General extenders : the forms and functions of a new linguistic category / Maryann Overstreet, George Yule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overstreet, Maryann, 1962- author.

Yule, George, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General extenders (Linguistics).

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

General extenders are phrases like 'or something', 'and everything', 'and things (like that)', 'and stuff (like that)', and 'and so on'. Although they are an everyday feature of spoken language, are crucial in successful interpersonal communication, and have multiple functions in discourse, they have so far gone virtually unnoticed in linguistics. This pioneering work provides a comprehensive description of this new linguistic category. It offers new insights into ongoing changes in contemporary English, the effect of grammaticalization, novel uses as associative plural markers and indicators of intertextuality, and the metapragmatic role of extenders in interaction. The forms and functions of general extenders are presented clearly and accessibly, enabling students to understand a number of different frameworks of analysis in discourse-pragmatic studies. From an applied perspective, the book presents a description of translation equivalents, an analysis of second language variation, and practical exercises for teaching second language learners of English.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Aug 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-94572-4

1-108-93865-5