Date: 12-Jul-2007 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks: Celle, Huart (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Connectives as Discourse Landmarks
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 161
Published: 2007
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Agnes Celle
Editor: Ruth Huart
Hardback: ISBN: 9027254044 Pages: 224 Price: U.S. $ 119.00
Abstract:
This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that). Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations. Most adopt an integrative approach in which speaker-listener or writer-reader relationships are viewed as part and parcel of the linguistic properties of each marker. Because it combines functional, generative and enunciative approaches into a coherent whole with a common explanatory aim, this book will be of interest to linguists, corpus linguists and all those who investigate the semantics-pragmatics interface.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Pragmatics
Semantics
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