Discourse-pragmatic variation and change : theory, innovations, contact

Author(s)

• Peterson, Elizabeth (Professor of linguistics)
• Hiltunen, Turo
• Kern, Joseph (Professor of Spanish)

Bibliographic Information

Discourse-pragmatic variation and change : theory, innovations, contact

edited by Elizabeth Peterson, Turo Hiltunen, Joseph Kern

Cambridge University Press, 2022

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-328) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Discourse-pragmatic markers are central to everyday language, yet many aspects of their use and functions remain elusive or under-investigated. Bringing together a global team of leading scholars, this volume presents a representative showcase of work currently being conducted in the field of discourse-pragmatic variation and change, including investigations of features such as uh/um, please, sentence-final is all, and discourse-pragmatic features from a number of languages. The book emphasizes that not only have researchers answered the call to address complex issues such as cross-linguistic reliability, extending research across languages, and expanding and improving on methods and analysis, but that they continue to address perennial questions in the field of language variation and change. With sections on theoretical and methodological issues, innovative variables, and language contact situations, the volume offers a robust overview of best practices for both new and experienced researchers.

Table of Contents

• Foreword Jan-Ola OEstman
• Introduction Elizabeth Peterson, Turo Hiltunen and Joseph Kern
• Part I. Innovations in theory and method: 1. Reflexes of abruptness in the development of pragmatic markers Derek Denis
• 2. Evaluation of pragmatic markers: The case of You Know Erik Schleef and Bradley Mackay
• 3. Quotative variation and change in French, with additional insights from Brazilian Portuguese and Italian Stephen Levey, Laura Kastronic, Salvio Digesto and Melissa Chiasson
• 4. Cross-linguistic variation in spoken discourse markers: Distribution, functions and domains Liesbeth Degand, Zoe Broisson, Ludivine Crible and Karolina Grzech
• Part II. Innovative variables in English: 5. An emerging pragmatic marker: sentence-final is all Daniela Kolbe-Hanna and Laurel J. Brinton
• 6. "That is totally not my type of film"- innovations in the intensifier system of UK English Karin Aijmer
• 7. Uh, what should we count? Tim Gadanidis and Derek Denis
• 8. Modeling listener responses Mirjam Eiswirth
• Part III. Language Contact: 9. You know in L1 and L2 English Chloe Diskin-Holdaway
• 10. General extenders in bilingual speech Joseph Kern
• 11. The diverging paths of consequence markers in Canadian French Helene Blondeau, Raymond Mougeon and Mireille Tremblay
• 12. What governs speakers' choices of borrowed vs. domestic variants of discourse-pragmatic variables? Gisle Andersen
• 13. A place for pliis in Finnish: A discourse-pragmatic variation account of position Elizabeth Peterson, Turo Hiltunen and Johanna Vaattovaara
• Afterword Heike Pichler.

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Details

• NCID: BC16341643
• ISBN:
  • 9781108836203
• LCCN: 2021026770
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 332 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 401.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Discourse markers
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Variation
  • LCSH : Languages in contact