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Semantic-pragmatic change from intersubjective to textual meanings / edited by Giulio Scivoletto, University of Catania, Ryo Takamura, Kyoto Seika University.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; v. 353.
- Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) ; volume 353
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pragmatics--Congresses.
- Pragmatics.
- Semantics--Congresses.
- Semantics.
- Intersubjectivity--Congresses.
- Intersubjectivity.
- Genre:
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This is the first comprehensive volume to explore the tendency from 'intersubjective' to 'textual' functions in semantic-pragmatic change. It challenges the influential hypothesis based on the pioneering works by Traugott, i.e. the unidirectionality of change from objective to subjective and then to intersubjective meanings. In this framework, textual meanings precede (inter)subjective ones. Questioning this established trajectory, the contributions in this volume offer fresh perspectives on the development of intersubjective and textual functions. The chapters provide new empirical data about different constructions (modals, conditionals, discourse markers, non-lexical items, etc.), across a variety of largely unrelated languages (Ainu, Mandarin Chinese, English, German, Japanese, Italian, Sicilian, Spanish). This book collects a multifaceted reflection for researchers interested in language change, especially at the interface of semantics and pragmatics, providing readers with an opportunity to better understand the crucial processes of textualization and intersubjectification"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Semantic-pragmatic change from intersubjective to textual meanings / Giulio Scivoletto, Noriko O. Onodera & Ryo Takamura
- Discourse orientation and extreme subjectification / Heiko Narrog
- Pretend and actual speech events : Two manifestations of (inter)subjectivity in formulaic adverbials with speech event lexemes / Katsunobu Izutsu & Mitsuko Narita Izutsu
- From intersubjective to textual use of well as a discourse marker : A study from the perspective of politeness / Ryo Takamura
- Bidirectional changes between modal and conditional in Mandarin / Yueh Hsin Kuo
- Between intersubjectivity and textuality : On the connectives derived from prohibitives in Mandarin Chinese / Bing Zhu
- Pathways to de(inter)subjectification in Japanese : Considering the status of ‘from intersubjective to textual’ / Yuho Kitazaki
- From vocative contexts to digressive uses : On Spanish ah / Adrià Pardo Llibrer
- From intersubjective to textual through monologization : A case study from Italian / Andrea Sansò
- Rethinking intersubjectification through the evolution of discourse markers in Sicilian / Giulio Scivoletto
- Afterword : From the perspectives of grammaticalization and constructionalization / Elizabeth Closs Traugott.
- Notes:
- This volume contains a selection of works presented at the panel "From Intersubjective to Textual Meaning," held at the 17th International Pragmatics Association Conference, 2021, plus several studies that could enrich general reflection on the topic.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Benjamins, viewed January 12, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Semantic-pragmatic change from intersubjective to textual meanings.
- ISBN:
- 9789027244727
- 9027244723
- OCLC:
- 1543358066
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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