Pragmatics of Discourse
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Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2014. 400 p. (Handbooks of Pragmatics; Vol. III).
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TY - BOOK
T1 - Pragmatics of Discourse
A2 - Schneider, Klaus Peter
A2 - Barron, Anne
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Discourse is language as it occurs, in any form or context, beyond the speech act. It may be written or spoken, monological or dialogical, but there is always a communicative aim or purpose. The present volume provides systematic orientation in the vast field of studying discourse from a pragmatic perspective. It first gives an overview of a range of approaches developed for the analysis of discourse, including, among others, conversation analysis, genre analysis, functional discourse grammar and corpus-driven approaches. The focus is furthermore on functional units in discourse, such as discourse markers, speech act sequences, interactional moves and phases, and also silence. Finally, the volume examines different types of discourse (e.g. narratives, service encounters, press releases) in various discourse domains (e.g. medical contexts, the media, education).
AB - Discourse is language as it occurs, in any form or context, beyond the speech act. It may be written or spoken, monological or dialogical, but there is always a communicative aim or purpose. The present volume provides systematic orientation in the vast field of studying discourse from a pragmatic perspective. It first gives an overview of a range of approaches developed for the analysis of discourse, including, among others, conversation analysis, genre analysis, functional discourse grammar and corpus-driven approaches. The focus is furthermore on functional units in discourse, such as discourse markers, speech act sequences, interactional moves and phases, and also silence. Finally, the volume examines different types of discourse (e.g. narratives, service encounters, press releases) in various discourse domains (e.g. medical contexts, the media, education).
KW - English
KW - Pragmatics
KW - Language Studies
U2 - 10.1515/9783110214406
DO - 10.1515/9783110214406
M3 - Collected editions and anthologies
SN - 978-3-11-021440-6
T3 - Handbooks of Pragmatics
BT - Pragmatics of Discourse
PB - Walter de Gruyter
CY - Berlin / New York
ER -