Historical Perspectives on Forms of English Dialogue

Historical Perspectives on Forms of English Dialogue
Author: Gabriella Mazzon,Luisanna Fodde Melis
Publsiher: FrancoAngeli
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9788820413842

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Historical Dialogue Analysis

Historical Dialogue Analysis
Author: Andreas H. Jucker,Gerd Fritz,Franz Lebsanft
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1999-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027283795

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Historical dialogue analysis is a new branch of historical pragmatics. The papers of this interdisciplinary volume contribute to charting the developing field by presenting a survey of recent research from the different traditions of English, German and Romance language studies. Both the introductory paper by the editors and the individual papers deal with fundamental theoretical questions, e.g. the question of types of historical developments in dialogue forms, and methodological problems, e.g. the finding and interpretation of relevant data. The fifteen case studies presented in this volume provide a wide range of new data. The range of topics includes the pragmatic form of 16th century religious controversies in Germany, forms of polite answers in Early Modern German conversation culture, forms of dialogue in Early Modern English medical writing, learning English through dialogues in the 16th century, structures of bargaining dialogues in Late Medieval French, and reflections of spontaneous dialogue in Early Romance texts.

The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics

The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
Author: Anne Barron,Yueguo Gu,Gerard Steen
Publsiher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781317362579

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The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics provides a state-of-the-art overview of the wide breadth of research in pragmatics. An introductory section outlines a brief history, the main issues and key approaches and perspectives in the field, followed by a thought-provoking introductory chapter on interdisciplinarity by Jacob L. Mey. A further thirty-eight chapters cover both traditional and newer areas of pragmatic research, divided into four sections: Methods and modalities Established fields Pragmatics across disciplines Applications of pragmatic research in today’s world. With accessible, refreshing descriptions and discussions, and with a look towards future directions, this Handbook is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in pragmatics within English language and linguistics and communication studies.

The Dialogue in English Literature

The Dialogue in English Literature
Author: Elizabeth Merrill
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1911
Genre: Dialogue
ISBN: STANFORD:36105005666677

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Diachronic Corpus Pragmatics

Diachronic Corpus Pragmatics
Author: Irma Taavitsainen,Andreas H. Jucker,Jukka Tuominen
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027270719

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Diachronic corpus pragmatics extends the pragmatic perspective to developments in the history of various languages and uses corpus-linguistic methods to trace them. The chapters in this volume focus on linguistic elements at several levels, from individual words to phrases, clauses and entire genres and discourse forms. Using the most recent corpus tools, the authors investigate correlations between forms, functions and contexts in diachronic case studies that combine quantitative precision with close qualitative interpretation. The articles deal with different languages including English, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Estonian and Japanese, bringing their research traditions in pragmatics and corpus linguistics in dialogue with each other. This is the first time that such a wide range of languages has been brought together to showcase an exciting new field at the intersection of pragmatics, historical linguistics and corpus methodology.

Interactive Dialogue Sequences in Middle English Drama

Interactive Dialogue Sequences in Middle English Drama
Author: Gabriella Mazzon
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027254306

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This book looks at mediaeval English drama using the theoretical frameworks of historical sociopragmatics and dialogue analysis. It focuses on the collection of cycle plays known as the N.Town Plays, preserved in a manuscript from the fifteenth century. The book examines various linguistic markers that are important for the expression of social relations and pragmatic stance: pronouns and terms of address, modal markers, performatives, and sequential structures such as question-answer, imperative-compliance, etc. These elements are examined separately and then brought together to arrive at a more integrated analysis of dramatic dialogue and of the dynamics of interaction it portrays. A separate chapter is devoted to tracing the same mechanisms on a different communication level, i.e. in 'dialogue' with the audience, which is particularly relevant to the instructional purposes of the plays. The book will be useful to students and scholars of pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialogue studies and drama studies.

Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue

Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue
Author: Mary Shepard Wong,Suresh Canagarajah
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2009-06-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781135837846

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The legacy of English teaching and Christian missionaries is a flashpoint within the field of English language teaching. This critical examination of the place of Christianity in the field is unique in presenting the voices of TESOL professionals from a wide range of religious and spiritual perspectives. About half identify themselves as "Christian" while the others identify themselves as Buddhist, atheist, spiritualist, and variations of these and other faiths. What is common for all the authors is their belief that values have an important place in the classroom. What they disagree on is whether and how spiritual values should find expression in learning and teaching. This volume dramatizes how scholars in the profession wrestle with ideological, pedagogical, and spiritual dilemmas as they seek to understand the place of faith in education. To sustain this conversation, the book is structured dialogically. Each section includes a set of position chapters in which authors explain their views of faith/pedagogy integration, a set of chapters by authors responding to these positions while articulating their own views on the subject, and discussion questions to engage readers in comparing the positions of all the authors, reflecting on their own experiences and values, and advancing the dialogue in fresh and personal directions.

Using English from Conversation to Canon

Using English from Conversation to Canon
Author: Neil Mercer,Janet Maybin
Publsiher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0415131197

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In "Using English," writers from a range of academic discipline examine a wide variety of texts and discourses including: everyday conversation, English in the workplace, English and Rhetoric, literary practices, English and popular culture, language and literature. Highly interdisciplinary in approach, this second in a series of four book provides a coherent introduction to the way in which language is shaped and used in practice. Contributors include: Mike Baynham, Guy Cook, Lizbeth Goodman, Janet Maybin, Robin Mercer, Jane Miller and Neil Mercer.