Variational Pragmatics
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The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics . ed. / Anne Barron; Y. Gu; G. Steen. Abingdon/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. p. 91-104 (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Variational Pragmatics
AU - Barron, Anne
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Variational pragmatics is a field of study that aims to systematically describe synchronic variation in the patterns of human interaction within one language due to such factors as region, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic identity and age. It is situated at the interface of pragmatics and modern dialectology. Variational pragmatics, like cross-cultural pragmatics, historical pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and postcolonial pragmatics, is a branch of pragmatics. In variational pragmatics, as in modern dialectology, five macro-social factors are distinguished as having a systematic influence on the conventions of language use. These are region, social class, ethnicity, gender and age, although further factors, such as education and religion, may also represent extensions to the list. Variational pragmatics distinguishes five levels of analysis, namely the formal level, the actional level, the interactional level, the topic level and the organisational level, without wanting to exclude alternative levels of analysis. Propositional content is a further important criterion in identifying illocutionary force.
AB - Variational pragmatics is a field of study that aims to systematically describe synchronic variation in the patterns of human interaction within one language due to such factors as region, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic identity and age. It is situated at the interface of pragmatics and modern dialectology. Variational pragmatics, like cross-cultural pragmatics, historical pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and postcolonial pragmatics, is a branch of pragmatics. In variational pragmatics, as in modern dialectology, five macro-social factors are distinguished as having a systematic influence on the conventions of language use. These are region, social class, ethnicity, gender and age, although further factors, such as education and religion, may also represent extensions to the list. Variational pragmatics distinguishes five levels of analysis, namely the formal level, the actional level, the interactional level, the topic level and the organisational level, without wanting to exclude alternative levels of analysis. Propositional content is a further important criterion in identifying illocutionary force.
KW - Language Studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026832843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315668925
DO - 10.4324/9781315668925
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-415-53141-2
T3 - Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics
SP - 91
EP - 104
BT - The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
A2 - Barron, Anne
A2 - Gu, Y.
A2 - Steen, G.
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Abingdon/New York
ER -