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Discourse Readjustment(s) in Contemporary English (Cognitive Science - Interaction of Syntax and Semantics in Discoursse, 1) - Hardcover

Pennec, Blandine

 
9781786302823: Discourse Readjustment(s) in Contemporary English (Cognitive Science - Interaction of Syntax and Semantics in Discoursse, 1)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1786302829 ISBN 13: 9781786302823
Publisher: Wiley-ISTE, 2018

Synopsis

This study examines the linguistic tools which enable speakers and writers to propose adjustments and re-adjustments of the sentences they’ve just produced, as well as the goals they fulfil by doing so. We examine corrections, reformulations, specifications, modifications of points of views and link them with discursive strategies. (Re)-adjustments can be made in order to express oneself in a better way, to favor comprehension by adapting to the addressee, to structure one’s intervention, to play on the potentialities of language (polysemy, homonymy, ambiguity), to mention the main purposes associated with the use of those devices. The study focuses on the markers associated with those strategies. Therefore, it links the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels.

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About the Author

Blandine Pennec, Toulouse II University, France.

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Publisher
Wiley-ISTE
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1786302829
ISBN 13 
9781786302823
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
384