Whales, candlelight, and stuff like that : general extenders in English discourse / Maryann Overstreet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overstreet, Maryann, 1962- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

English language--Spoken English.

Interpersonal communication.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Conversation analysis.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative work provides the first comprehensive account of general extenders (""or something,"" ""and stuff,"" ""or whatever""). Combining insights from linguistics, cognitive psychology, and interactional sociolinguistics, the author demonstrates that these small phrases are not simply vague expressions, but have a powerful role in making interpersonal communication work. The audience for this book includes linguists, scholars of English, teachers of English as a first and a second language, sociolinguists, psycholinguists, and communications researchers.

Contents:

Contents; Transcription Conventions; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Vague Language and List Construction; CHAPTER 3 Category Implication; CHAPTER 4 Category Inference; CHAPTER 5 Intersubjectivity; CHAPTER 6 Expectations, Evaluations, and Emphasis; CHAPTER 7 Politeness; CHAPTER 8 The Maxim of Quality and Disjunctive General Extenders; CHAPTER 9 The Maxim of Quantity and Adjunctive General Extenders; CHAPTER 10 Summary; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772278-4

1-280-47174-3

1-4237-3801-2

0-19-535222-X

1-60256-329-2

OCLC:

437154865