Reference: from conventions to pragmatics

"This volume provides an innovative approach to the referential process thanks to its focus on the relationship between conventions and discourse pragmatics. It brings together a cross-section of current research on referential conventions and pragmatic strategies, in a number of different fiel...

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Main Authors: Gardelle, Laure 1979- (Author, Editor), Vincent-Durroux, Laurence (Author, Editor)
Other Authors: Vinckel, Hélène 1976- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2023]
Series:Studies in language companion series (SLCS) volume 228
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Summary:"This volume provides an innovative approach to the referential process thanks to its focus on the relationship between conventions and discourse pragmatics. It brings together a cross-section of current research on referential conventions and pragmatic strategies, in a number of different fields (formal and theoretical linguistics, semantics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, interactional linguistics, natural language processing), in a variety of verbal and non-verbal languages (English, German, different varieties of French, Indonesian, Belgian sign language) and in a diversity of contexts (the coining of names, language acquisition, second language learning, and various genres such as news articles, narratives, satire or game playing). The volume is meant as a series of thought-provoking studies which place speakers and addressees at the core of the referential act, thus providing evidence on how they negotiate and adjust, depending on the context"--
Physical Description:VI, 349 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9789027212948

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