The Structure of Discourse-Pragmatic Variation

Everyday language use overflows with discourse-pragmatic features. Their frequency, form and function can vary greatly across social groups and change dramatically over time. And yet these features have not figured prominently in studies of language variation and change. The Structure of Discourse-P...

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Autor principal: Pichler, Heike (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013.
Colección:Studies in language variation.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Everyday language use overflows with discourse-pragmatic features. Their frequency, form and function can vary greatly across social groups and change dramatically over time. And yet these features have not figured prominently in studies of language variation and change. The Structure of Discourse-Pragmatic Variation demonstrates the theoretical insights that can be gained into both the structure of synchronic language variation and the interactional mechanisms creating it by subjecting discourse-pragmatic features to systematic variationist analysis. Introducing an innovative methodology that.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
4.6 Discussion.
Descripción Física:298 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789027272188