Metapragmatics in use
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Metapragmatics in use
(Pragmatics & beyond : new series, v. 165)
John Benjamins Publishing, c2007
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This collection of papers fills a gap in current research on both metapragmatics and pragmatics in that it combines data-based pragmatic analysis with metapragmatic theory and focuses on the ways in which metadiscourse is actually used. The 12 contributions investigate speech acts and verbal (as well as non-verbal) expressions which highlight (meta-)linguistic aspects of ongoing discourse and thus provoke a deviation from the latter's original direction and purpose. All case studies discuss ways and means which interactants employ to resolve diverging pragmatic expectations in communication. The papers analyze authentic examples from English and other languages (and cultures), including Thai, Chinese and Japanese, and center around three principal domains of communication: ordinary everyday interaction, interaction in educational contexts and in specialized discourse. The introductory chapter locates the various contributions within a systematically broader theoretical framework. The wide scope of the collection, its empirical orientation and the reader-friendly form of presentation should appeal to anyone interested in pragmatics, whether scholar or student.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Introducing metapragmatics in use (by Hubler, Axel)
- 3. Part A. Metapragmatics in everyday use
- 4. "Don't blame me for criticizing you ... ": A study of metapragmatic comments in Thai (by Hongladarom, Krisadawan)
- 5. Facework and multiple selves in apologetic metapragmatic comments in Japanese (by Pizziconi, Barbara)
- 6. Metapragmatic function of quotative markers in Japanese (by Suzuki, Satoko)
- 7. Metapragmatic utterances in computer-mediated interaction (by Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa)
- 8. On the metapragmatics of gestures (by Hubler, Axel)
- 9. Language shift in conversation as a metapragmatic comment (by Haberland, Hartmut)
- 10. Part B. Metapragmatics in educational use
- 11. Metapragmatic comments in institutional talk: A comparative analysis across settings (by Ciliberti, Anna)
- 12. Metapragmatic expressions in physics lectures: Integrating representations, guiding processing, and assigning participant roles (by Smith, Sara W.)
- 13. The acquisition of metapragmatic abilities in preschool children (by Stude, Juliane)
- 14. Part C. Metapragmatics in specialized use
- 15. 'So your story now is that ... ': Metapragmatic framing strategies in courtroom interrogation (by Janney, Richard W.)
- 16. A metapragmatic examination of therapist reformulations (by Muntigl, Peter)
- 17. Building common ground through metapragmatic comments in international project work (by Penz, Hermine)
- 18. Author index
- 19. Subject index
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