UID:
edocfu_9959242575002883
Format:
1 online resource (720 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-021442-3
Series Statement:
Handbook of pragmatics ; v. 5
Content:
Pragmatics of society takes a socio-cultural perspective on pragmatics and gives a broad view of how social and cultural factors influence language use. The volume covers a wide range of topics within the field of sociopragmatics. This subfield of pragmatics encompasses sociolinguistic studies that focus on how pragmatic and discourse features vary according to macro-sociological variables such as age, gender, class and region (variational pragmatics), and discourse/conversation analytical studies investigating variation according to the activity engaged in by the participants and the identiti
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Preface to the handbook series /
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Table of contents --
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Introducing the pragmatics of society /
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I. Social, regional and situational factors --
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1. Doing age and ageing: language, discourse and social interaction /
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2. Gender identities and discourse /
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3. Regional pragmatic variation /
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4. Pragmatics in multilingual language situations /
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II. The language system and pragmalinguistic features --
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5. Speech and writing: linguistic styles enabled by the technology of literacy /
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6. Phonetics and the management of talk-in-interaction /
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7. Prosody and pragmatic effects /
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III. Pragmatic markers and the notion of speaker attitude --
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8. Pragmatic markers in a sociopragmatic perspective /
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9. Interjections /
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10. Vagueness and hedging /
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IV. Different interpretational levels - speech acts, politeness and beyond --
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11. Requests and orders: a cross-linguistic study of their linguistic construction and interactional organization /
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12. Appreciatory sounds and expressions of embodied pleasure used as compliments /
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13. Politeness and impoliteness /
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14. Honorifics and address terms /
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V. Sequential patterns and activities --
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15. Social and pragmatic variation in the sequential organization of talk /
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16. Turn-taking in conversation /
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17. Pauses and hesitations /
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VI. Pragmatics and the notion of culture --
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18. Cultural variation in language use /
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19. Intercultural rhetoric and language of healthcare /
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VII. Pragmatics and the larger societal context --
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20. Global and intercultural communication /
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21. Critical Discourse Analysis: Overview, challenges, and perspectives /
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22. Pragmatics, linguistic anthropology and history /
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About the authors --
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Author index --
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Subject index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-96826-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-021441-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110214420
