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Books: Pragmatics: Reiter et al (Eds)

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1. paul, Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish: Reiter, Placencia (Eds)

Title: Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 123

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	John Benjamins
		http://www.benjamins.com/
		http://www.benjamins.nl/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20123

Editor: Rosina M�rquez Reiter, University of Surrey
Editor: Mar�a Elena Placencia, Birkbeck College, University of London

Hardback: ISBN: 902725365X, Pages: xvi, 383 pp., Price: EURO 120.00

			
Abstract:

Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish provides the reader with a
representative spectrum of current research in the most dynamic areas
of the pragmatics of Spanish. It brings together a collection of
academic essays written by well-established as well as emerging voices
in Hispanic pragmatics. The essays include applications of pragmatic
concepts to sub-fields of (Spanish) linguistics (i.e., pragmatics and
grammar; pragmatics and applied linguistics; pragmatics and cross- and
inter-cultural communication), studies of 'traditional' topics in
pragmatics (i.e., discourse markers, politeness, metaphor, humour) as
well as a proposal to amalgamate the dominant pragmatic approaches,
namely socio-pragmatics and cognitive pragmatics, into one
comprehensive model. The essays in this collection represent both new
theoretical and empirical research and as such they constitute a
valuable contribution to the field of pragmatics in general and an
essential reference to those researching the pragmatics of Spanish.


Table of contents

Preface xi 

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: THE PRAGMATICS OF SPANISH TO DATE 

1. Spanish pragmatics: Whence, where, whither?
Leo D. Hickey 3 

2. The pragmatics of Spanish beyond Spain
Rosina M�rquez Reiter and Mar�a Elena Placencia 15 

PART TWO: PRAGMATICS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES 
Pragmatics and grammar 

3. The Spanish subjunctive: Procedural semantics and pragmatic
inference
Aiofe Ahern and Manuel Leonetti 35 

4. Conditional: A grammaticalised marker of politeness in Spanish
Marianna Chodorowska-Pilch 57 

Pragmatics and applied linguistics 

5. Role-plays and the assessment of oral proficiency in Spanish
Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Paul Meara 79 

6. Written pedagogic feedback and linguistic politeness
Miranda Stewart 99 

Pragmatics and cross and inter-cultural communication 

7. Displaying closeness and respectful distance in Montevidean and
Quiteño service encounters
Rosina M�rquez Reiter and Mar�a Elena Placencia 121

8. Speaking Spanish with Zapotec meaning. Requests and promises in
intercultural communication in Oaxaca, Mexico
Martina Schrader-Kniffki 157 

PART THREE: COMMON TOPICS IN PRAGMATICS 

Discourse markers 

9. Procedural constraints on context selection: Siempre as a discourse
marker
Carmen Curc� 179 

10. Discourse markers in the construction of the text, the activity,
and the social relations: Evidence from courtroom discourse
Isolda E. Carranza 203 

Politeness 

11. Coercion and cooperation: A case study of Argentinean reprimands
and responses to reprimands
Carmen Garc�a 231 

12. Politeness as 'face' enhancement: An analysis of Spanish
conversations between friends and family
Nieves Hern�ndez Flores 265

Metaphor 

13. Quarrelling about metaphors of love: A pragmatic approach
Eduardo Urios Aparisi 287 

Humour 

14. Pragmatic of humorous strategies in El club de la comedia
Francisco Yus 319 

PART FOUR: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED PRAGMATIC THEORY 

15. Norms and principles. Putting social and cognitive pragmatics
together
Victoria Escandell Vidal 347 

Contributors 373 
Index 379


Lingfield(s):	Pragmatics
		
Subject Language(s):	Spanish (Language code: SPN)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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