LINGUIST List 22.440 Tue Jan 25 2011 TOC: Language Sciences 33/2 (2011) Editor for this issue: Justin Petro <justinlinguistlist.org> Directory         1.     Christopher Tancock , Language Sciences Vol. 33, No. 2 (2011) Message 1: Language Sciences Vol. 33, No. 2 (2011) Date: 25-Jan-2011 From: Christopher Tancock <c.tancockelsevier.com> Subject: Language Sciences Vol. 33, No. 2 (2011) E-mail this message to a friend Publisher: Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Journal Title: Language Sciences Volume Number: 33 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: 2011 Subtitle: Language Sciences Special Issue: The Discourse of Redundancy Main Text: 1. Editorial board and publication information Page IFC 2. Introduction Pages 239-242 Elda Weizman, Anita Fetzer 3. Redundancy, repetition, and intensity in discourse Pages 243-254 Carla Bazzanella Research highlights ► An overview of redundancy across disciplines is provided at the beginning. ► In discourse, redundancy can have different linguistic forms, and perform various functions. ► Textual, contextual, interactional, social, and psychological parameters should be considered. ► Some aspects of redundancy, related to repetition and intensity are discussed and exemplified. ► Redundancy as a piece of the complex machinery of language as an interacting system. 4. “I think this is I mean perhaps this is too erm too tough a view of the world but I often think …”. Redundancy as a contextualization device Pages 255-267 Anita Fetzer 5. Redundancy and markers of belief in the discourse of political hearings Pages 268-279 Lawrence N. Berlin Research highlights ► Forms of non-facilitative redundancy (including prolixity and logorrhea) can be coded hierarchically using the Cooperative Principle and the degree to which its maxims are flouted. ► In political hearings or interviews, use of non-facilitative redundancy in responses functions as a pragmatic avoidance strategy. ► In political discourse, markers of belief often co-occur with different forms of redundancy and may serve as indicators of politicos’ attempts to be evasive. 6. Edited dialogues: redundancy replaced with relevance? Pages 280-294 Světla Čmejrková Research highlights ► Relevance or redundancy can be assessed against genre expectations. ► In genre of autobiographic storytelling maxims of CP have to be modified. ► Relevance and redundancy are assessed differently in oral and written texts. 7. Conveying indirect reservations through discursive redundancy Pages 295-304 Elda Weizman Research highlights ► Distinguish conventional/non-conventional redundancy. ► Distinguish redundant/non redundant reservations’ and irony patterns. ► Redundancy is culture dependent. ► Preference for high informativeness in Journalistic Hebrew as compared to Journalistic French. ► Languages differ in location on quantity scale. 8. Quantity, truthfulness and ironic effect Pages 305-315 Zohar Livnat Research highlights ► The question of quantity connects intriguingly to untruthfulness. ► ‘Quantity’ might include quantity of verbiage, punctuation, emotion and intonation. ► Both parts of the Maxim of Quantity are relevant for ironic interpretation. 9. Redundancy, irony and humor Pages 316-329 Galia Hirsch 10. The co-operative principle and computer-mediated communication: the maxim of quantity in newsgroup discussions Pages 330-340 Hassan Atifi, Sacha Mandelcwajg, Michel Marcoccia 11. Forthcoming Articles Page 341 For more information please visit this Special Issue's homepage: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5970-2011-999669997-2874812 or the Language Sciences homepage on: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/langsci Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics                             Discourse Analysis                             General Linguistics Subject Language(s): French (fra)                             Hebrew (heb) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.