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1 online resource (300 pages). |
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Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 220
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 220.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Investigations into the Meta-Communicative Lexicon of English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From a new vantage point; 2. The metacommunicative lexicon as a (meta) pragmatic research paradigm; 3. The significance of the metacommunicative lexicon for historical pragmatics; 4. Previewing the papers of this volume; References; Part I. Metacommunicative profiles of communicative genres; 1.1 Cross-sectional studies; Sociability; 1. Introduction; 2. Talking on paper: Conversation and friendship. |
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3. Performing epistolary friendship4. Lexical interlude: Contemporary meanings of friend; 5. Embodying friendship: An intimate correspondence; 6. Friendship, conversation and epistolary metacommunicative language; References; "I write you these few lines"; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The corpus under investigation; 2. Metacommunicative vocabulary in emigrants' letters; 2.1 Reifying the letter: Focus on intratextual reality; 2.2 The emigrant letter as message: Focus on extratextual reality; 3. Concluding remarks; References; 1.2 Longitudinal studies. |
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Inscribed orality and the end of a discourse archive1. Introduction; 2. Metapragmatic and metadiscursive expressions; 3. Foucault's notion of the "archive"; 4. Inscribed orality; 5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the archive it instantiated; 6. Inscribed orality and the breakdown of the archive; 7. The disappearance of the ASC: The end of a discourse archive; References; Managing disputes with civility; 1. Introduction; 2. The civility of scientific discourse; 3. Linguistic clarity; 4. Accuracy in reporting facts and expressing opinions; 5. Objectivity. |
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6. The explicitness of the argumentative structure7. Conclusion; References; The metapragmatics of civilized belligerence; 1. Pretext; 2. Antecedents; 2.1 The metapragmatic lexicon and me; 2.2 An ecology of the public sphere; 3. From the Indian Mutiny to Laws and Customs of War; 4. Laws and customs of war; 4.1 Performative positioning; 4.2 Ideological framing; 4.3 Language-ideological framing; 4.4 Variable legal framing; 4.5 Performative reflexivity; 4.6 Directive and commissive terms of agreement; 4.7 Intratextual and intertextual reflexivity; 5. Conclusion; References. |
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The metapragmatics of hoaxing1. Introduction: Genre theory vs. metapragmatics; 2. What is a hoax? A genre theorist's attempt at definition; 3. Origins: Etymology and conditions of emergence; 4. Variation and change in the metapragmatics of hoaxing; 4.1 "Authored" hoaxes from the 18th and 19th centuries; 4.2 "Unauthored" anonymous hoaxes from the 20th century; 4.3 Digital hoaxes from the turn of the 20th to the 21th century; 5. A recent metapragmatic twist: Attributions of "hoaxing" in political debates; 5.1 Global warming/climate change; 5.2 Evolution/creationism/intelligent design. 6. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
The volume contributes to historical pragmatics an important chapter on what has so far not been paid adequate attention to, i.e. historical metapragmatics. More particularly, the collected papers apply a meta-communicative approach to historical texts by focusing on lexis that either directly or metaphorically identifies or characterizes entire forms of communication or single acts and act sequences or minor units. Within the context of their use, such lexical expressions, in fact, provide a key for disclosing historical forms of communication; taken out of context, they build the meta-commun. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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English language -- Discourse analysis. |
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Metalanguage.
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Metalanguage. |
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Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Busse, Ulrich.
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Hübler, Axel.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Busse, Ulrich. Investigations into the Meta-Communicative Lexicon of English : A contribution to historical pragmatics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2012 9789027256256 |
| ISBN |
9789027274618 (electronic book) |
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9027274614 (electronic book) |
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1280380381 |
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9781280380389 |
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9789027256256 (Cloth) |
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902725625X (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786613558299 |
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