The discourse of indirectness : cues, voices and functions / edited by Zohar Livnat, Pnina Shukrun-Nagar, Galia Hirsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Livnat, Zohar, editor.

Shukrun-Nagar, Pnina, editor.

Hirsch, Galia, editor.

Series:

Pragmatics & Beyond New Series ; 316

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 257 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

Summary:

"Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon definition and remains vague and ambiguous. In this collection, indirectness is examined as a way of communicating meaning that is inferred from textual, contextual and intertextual meaning units. Emphasis is placed on the way in which indirectness serves the representation of diverse voices in the text, and this is examined through three main prisms: (1) the inferential view focuses on textual and contextual cues from which pragmatic indirect meanings might be inferred; (2) the dialogic-intertextual view focuses on dialogic and intertextual cues according to which different voices (social, ideological, literary etc.) are identified in the text; and (3) the functional view focuses on the pragmatic-rhetorical functions fulfilled by indirectness of both kinds"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. Cues for indirectness: The inferential view

Part 2. Voices in the text: The dialogic-intertextual view

Part 3. (In)directness as an effective choice: The functional view.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.