Understanding Pragmatic Markers: A Variational Pragmatic Approach - Couverture souple

Aijmer, Karin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748635505 ISBN 13 : 9780748635504

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This is a study of pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English. Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. In particular, we know little about pragmatic markers and prosody, their sociolinguistic use or their distribution across text types. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. Karen Aijmer explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers. By taking a broader perspective on the markers, classifying them, describing their class-specific properties and analysing individual markers, she assesses whether any generalisations can be made about the prosody of the markers. It includes a definition of pragmatic markers in the context of the book. It features chapter-long case studies of the pragmatic markers well, in fact and actually. Each chapter has a clear introduction and conclusion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Karin Aijmer is Professor of English and Head of the English Department at Goteborg University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748635505
• ISBN 13: 9780748635504
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible