Point Of View And Grammar
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Author | : Joanne Scheibman |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9789027226211 |
This book proposes that subjective expression shapes grammatical and lexical patterning in American English conversation. Analyses of structural and functional properties of English conversational utterances indicate that the most frequent combinations of subject, tense, and verb type are those that are used by speakers to personalize their contributions, not to present unmediated descriptions of the world. These findings are informed by current research and practices in linguistics which argue that the emergence, or conventionalization, of linguistic structure is related to the frequency with which speakers use expressions in discourse. The use of conversational data in grammatical analysis illustrates the local and contingent nature of grammar in use and also raises theoretical questions concerning the coherence of linguistic categories, the viability of maintaining a distinction between semantic and pragmatic meaning in analytical practice, and the structural and social interplay of speaker point of view and participant interaction in discourse.
Author | : Joanne Scheibman |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2002-10-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027296154 |
This book proposes that subjective expression shapes grammatical and lexical patterning in American English conversation. Analyses of structural and functional properties of English conversational utterances indicate that the most frequent combinations of subject, tense, and verb type are those that are used by speakers to personalize their contributions, not to present unmediated descriptions of the world. These findings are informed by current research and practices in linguistics which argue that the emergence, or conventionalization, of linguistic structure is related to the frequency with which speakers use expressions in discourse. The use of conversational data in grammatical analysis illustrates the local and contingent nature of grammar in use and also raises theoretical questions concerning the coherence of linguistic categories, the viability of maintaining a distinction between semantic and pragmatic meaning in analytical practice, and the structural and social interplay of speaker point of view and participant interaction in discourse.
Author | : Paul Simpson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1134911084 |
This systematic introduction to the concept of point of view in language explores the ways in which point of view intersects with and is shaped by ideology. It specifically focuses on the way in which speakers and writers linguistically encode their beliefs, interests and biases in a wide range of media. The book draws on an extensive array of linguistic theories and frameworks and each chapter includes a self-contained introduction to a particular topic in linguistics, allowing easy reference. The author uses examples from a variety of literary and non-literary text types such as, narrative fiction, advertisements and newspaper reports.
Author | : Carol Burnell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781636350288 |
An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
Author | : Phil Williams |
Publisher | : English Lessons Brighton |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2018-06-05 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1913468054 |
Want to improve your English writing skills? This guide will quickly and clearly teach you how to master written language. You’ll learn: -How to write concisely, to be easily understood -How to vary your structure and vocabulary, to keep readers engaged -How to use advanced language appropriately -How to edit your work, and adapt it for different subjects …and much more! In Advanced Writing Skills for Students of English, writing tips are presented with a focus on why different styles and techniques work. You’ll not only learn what makes writing most effective, you’ll discover the reasoning behind it, making it easier to remember and apply. As well as covering general writing tips, across all subjects, this book also offers guidance on specific areas of writing, including business, academic and creative writing. You'll advance faster with this guide, thanks to Phil Williams’ usual accessible and flexible style.
Author | : Christopher Woods |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2008-05-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9047442083 |
The so-called Sumerian conjugation prefixes are the most poorly understood and perplexing elements of Sumerian verbal morphology. Approaching the problem from a functional-typological perspective and basing the analysis upon semantics, Professor Woods argues that these elements, in their primary function, constitute a system of grammatical voice, in which the active voice is set against the middle voice.
Author | : Paul Douglas Deane |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783110131833 |
Author | : Marja-Liisa Helasvuo |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027247927 |
The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations and locations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization are encoded in the grammatical expression of spatial relations. Other articles concern embodiment in language, showing how conceptualization is mediated by one's embodied experience of the world and ourselves. Finally, some of the articles discuss coding of person focusing on the subjectivity of conceptualization and how it is reflected in grammar. The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speaker's construal of the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because it reflects the speaker's understanding of the relations between the speech act participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the rich resources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporary linguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.
Author | : Elinor Ochs |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1996-12-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521558280 |
This volume explores a rich variety of linkages between grammar and social interaction.
Author | : Frank Brisard |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2009-08-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027289182 |
The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, cultural, social, variational, interactional, or discursive points of view, this fifth volume looks at the field of linguistic pragmatics from a primarily grammatical angle. That is, it asks in which particular sense a variety of older and more recent functional (rather than generative) models of grammar relate to the study of language in use: how this affects their general outlook on language structure, whether issues of language use inform the very makeup of these models or are merely included as possible research themes, and how far the actual integration of pragmatics ultimately goes (is it a module/layer or is the model truly “usage-based”?). Each of the authors presenting these models has taken systematic care to highlight the relevant problems and focus on the implications of considering pragmatic phenomena from the point of view of grammar. Furthermore, a limited number of chapters deal with traditional topics in the grammatical literature, and specifically those which are called pragmatic because they either are not strictly concerned with truth (semantics), or receive their (truth) value only from an interaction with context. In the introduction, these theories and topics are set up against the historical background of a gradually changing attitude, on the part of grammarians, towards questions of linguistic knowledge and behavior, and the role of learning in their relationship.