219-7677
10
7500817
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers
onix@benjamins.nl
201611101719
ONIX title feed
eng
01
EUR
80006927
03
01
01
JB
John Benjamins Publishing Company
01
JB code
P&bns 162 Eb
15
9789027292254
06
10.1075/pbns.162
13
2007015637
DG
002
02
01
P&bns
02
0922-842X
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
162
01
Context and Appropriateness
Micro meets macro
01
pbns.162
01
https://benjamins.com
02
https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.162
1
B01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
Lueneburg University
01
eng
272
vi
265
LAN009000
v.2006
CFG
2
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.DISC
Discourse studies
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.PRAG
Pragmatics
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.SOCIO
Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
06
01
This book departs from the premise that context and appropriateness represent complex relational configurations which can no longer be conceived as analytic primes but rather require the accommodation of micro and macro perspectives to capture their inherent dynamism. The edited volume presents a collection of papers which examine the connectedness between context and appropriateness from interdisciplinary perspectives. The papers use different theoretical frameworks, such as situation theory, speech act theory, cognitive pragmatics, sociopragmatics, discourse analysis, argumentation theory and functional linguistics. They reflect current moves in pragmatics and discourse analysis to cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries by integrating relevant premises and insights, in particular cognition, negotiation of meaning, sequentiality, recipient design and genre.
05
In the Introduction we are presented with a well-written and up-to-date overview of research on text, co-text, and context as they relate to appropriateness in language study. Dividing the book into three thematic areas adds to the readability of the research presented and the overall organization of the book. In each of the chapters, one finds well-presented theories or frameworks, balanced arguments, and defensible conclusions. The wide range of topics covered may render the book appealing, not only to language specialists and scholars, but also to advanced students. [...] An added value to this book lies in the fact that languages such as Italian and French are examined and analyzed, a welcome effort in a world dominated by English.
Lutfi M. Hussein, Mesa Community College, USA, in Discourse & Society, 20(1), 2009.
05
This is an exceptionally well-balanced, authoritative collection of current work on context and appropriateness in pragmatics. Anyone interested in keeping up with theoretical and analytical developments in this rapidly evolving area should have it on their bookshelf.
Richard W. Janney, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
05
The articles presented here written by well-known experts analyse context and appropriateness from several different theoretical pespectives such as conversation analysis, pragmatics, sociopragmatics and critical discourse analysis. The variety of outlooks on different aspects of context and its multilayeredness provides a valuable overview of how these notions are used in language description.
Karin Aijmer, Göteborg University
05
This important collection of essays contributes significantly to theorizing the notions of context and appropriateness from several diverse perspectives. This volume provides an essential resource for scholars concerned with context and appropriateness in linguistic pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Neal Norrick, Universität des Saarlandes
04
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475/pbns.162.png
04
03
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027254061.jpg
04
03
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027254061.tif
06
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/pbns.162.hb.png
07
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/125/pbns.162.png
25
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/pbns.162.hb.png
27
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/pbns.162.hb.png
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.01int
1
1
Miscellaneous
1
01
Introduction
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.02fet
3
27
25
Article
2
01
Context, contexts and appropriateness
1
A01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Lueneburg, Germany
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.03par
29
1
Section header
3
01
Part I. Bridging problems between context and appropriateness
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.04akm
31
54
24
Article
4
01
Similar situations
1
A01
Varol Akman
Akman, Varol
Varol
Akman
Bilkent University, Turkey
01
This paper studies the notion of similarity with reference to situations of situation theory. While the commonsense notion of two situations resembling each other appears to be valuable in our daily life, we show that it is problematic for the same reasons researchers have been pointing out in psychological and philosophical literature. That human beings can use the notion naturally (without much effort) shows that their cognitive make-up is probably much more powerful than is commonly thought.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.05ois
55
77
23
Article
5
01
Appropriateness and felicity conditions: A theoretical issue
1
A01
Etsuko Oishi
Oishi, Etsuko
Etsuko
Oishi
Fuji Women’s University, Japan
01
The present paper gives a speech-act-theoretic explanation of the concept of appropriateness. In the speech act theory proposed in the present paper, the mechanism of performing an illocutionary act is explained as the process whereby a linguistic form, which represents a linguistic convention, becomes a linguistic artefact by the speaker’s act of uttering and the hearer’s uptake. Appropriateness and felicity conditions concern how such a linguistic artefact is created, and its analysis clarifies a specific relationship between an illocutionary act and context. Upon this interpretation, I examine the ways in which an utterance becomes appropriate or inappropriate, felicitous or infelicitous, and illustrate a construct of the internal context of performing an illocutionary act.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.06nya
79
112
34
Article
6
01
Appropriateness
An adaptive view
1
A01
Thanh Nyan
Nyan, Thanh
Thanh
Nyan
University of Manchester, UK
01
Building on previous work predicated on the co-evolution of language and the brain, this article takes the view that (a) appropriate behavior – linguistic or otherwise – is adaptive; (b) from the standpoint of the speaker’s processing system, it is chiefly a matter of activating skills arising from background knowledge. This background knowledge, I begin by arguing, should be seen as part of a decision-making process, as construed by Damasio (1994). Next I provide a sketch of how appropriate behavior arises from the corresponding memory system. Following this I set reasons for viewing linguistic appropriate behavior in terms of the same apparatus. In the final section I consider the implications of this adaptive perspective for the notion of context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.07par
113
1
Section header
7
01
Part II: Bridging problems between communicative action and appropriateness
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.08fet
115
145
31
Article
8
01
<i>If I may say so</i>
Indexing appropriateness in dialogue
1
A01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Lueneburg, Germany
01
This contribution examines those contexts in which a contribution is assigned the status of <i>not such as is required</i> (Grice 1975). The first part analyses the theoretical construct of appropriateness in an integrated framework based on Habermas’s <i>theory of communicative action</i>, Gice’s <i>logic and conversation</i> and Sbisà’s approach to speech act theory. The second part operationalizes the theoretical construct as appropriateness conditions. The third part presents a data analysis in which the form and function of explicit and implicit references to appropriateness are analysed in the genre of a political interview. Particular attention is given to the questions of <i>where</i> the inappropriateness is manifest, <i>what</i> constitutive part of the contribution is assigned the status of being inappropriate, <i>who</i> refers to the inappropriateness and <i>how</i> the inappropriateness is realized linguistically.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.09bec
147
166
20
Article
9
01
The appropriateness of questions
The
appropriateness of questions
1
A01
Annette Becker
Becker, Annette
Annette
Becker
University of Frankfurt, Germany
01
When is a question appropriate? In <i>Recontextualizing Context</i>, Fetzer (2004) distinguishes between “grammaticality” and “appropriateness” of sentences and utterances. Appropriateness, other than grammaticality, is a socio-cultural construct. Whereas the grammaticality of sentences may be judged without consideration of their textual, interpersonal, or interactional context, the appropriateness of utterances is highly context-dependent on all these levels. This is especially apparent in dialogical discourse types like media interviews. This contribution assumes as a working hypothesis that the appropriateness of questions can be approached through an analysis of the subsequent answers. Data is taken from videotaped interviews television journalists conducted with politicians and experts during British election night coverages. Their analysis is based on the pragmatic framework developed by Harris (1991) for the analysis of politicians’ evasiveness, and the multidisciplinary frameworks developed by Lauerbach (2003, 2004) and Becker (2005, 2007) for the analysis of interviewing practices. Comparison of interviews with politicians and interviews with experts reveals clear differences as to what answerers interpret as an appropriate question within the global context of the election night coverage and with respect to the question’s local textual, interpersonal, or interactional context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.10ber
167
199
33
Article
10
01
Cooperative conflict and evasive language
The case of the 9-11 commission hearings
1
A01
Lawrence N. Berlin
Berlin, Lawrence N.
Lawrence N.
Berlin
Northeastern Illinois University, USA
01
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, concerns surrounding the efficacy of United States intelligence and security agencies led to the formation of the 9–11 Commission. The Commission was charged to conduct a series of hearings to investigate “the truth” and possible culpability for the security failure. During the hearings, many high-ranking officials of the United States Government – past and present administrations – were called to give testimony. Exchanges between some of those officials (Secretaries of State) and their interlocutor-interrogators can best be described as “evasive”, representing a series of discursive tactics which produce nonlinear patterning between adjacency pairs. Yet, despite evidence that use of indirect, evasive language is not uncommon in courtroom discourse, the construction of evasion within these exchanges, especially along partisan lines, appears to be co-constructed, broadening the notion of cooperation to include complicity and suggest an expanded definition of what can be considered “appropriate”. Thus, in an order of discourse fraught with conflicting agents – interrogators and witnesses (and in this particular case, Republicans and Democrats), witnesses maintain the appearance of cooperation within the conflict by answering questions through changing the direction of the question, mitigating the force of the imposition, and deflecting responsibility from an action that could prove politically embarrassing or damaging. This chapter uses a critical discourse analysis framework to examine the mediated political discourse of these interactions, illustrating how cooperative conflict and its concomitant evasive language necessitate a layered analysis of context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.11par
201
1
Section header
11
01
Part III: Bridging problems between micro and macro
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.12mie
203
233
31
Article
12
01
The attenuating conditional
The
attenuating conditional
Context, appropriateness and interaction
1
A01
Johanna Miecznikowski
Miecznikowski, Johanna
Johanna
Miecznikowski
University of Turin, Italy
2
A01
Carla Bazzanella
Bazzanella, Carla
Carla
Bazzanella
University of Turin, Italy
01
The attenuative reading of the conditional form (condatt) in Italian and French illustrates the multifunctionality of linguistic structures and the necessity of analyzing them in their synergies with relevant contextual parameters. The condatt allows the speaker to allude to the existence of pragmatic prerequisites for his/her utterance without presenting them as taken for granted. An empirical study of spoken data reveals that at least in French this property has specific effects on various levels of interaction: the form expresses negotiability of the speaker’s acts; it preferredly encodes new information and contributes to structure the thematic progression of discourse; it tends to encode initiative and/or dispreferred communicative acts. These results lead us to formulate some hypotheses as to the condatt’s appropriateness with regard to global context. In particular, given that the form signals negotiability and is better compatible with a reduced rather than with a rich common ground, we expect it to be most appropriate in dialogical genres characterized by a low degree of acquaintance, a high degree of social distance between co-participants, and symmetry of social roles.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.13car
235
260
26
Article
13
01
Collaborative use of contrastive markers
Contextual and co-textual implications
1
A01
Francesca Carota
Carota, Francesca
Francesca
Carota
Institut des Sciences Cognitives-CNRS, Lyon
01
The study presented in this paper examines the context-dependence and dialogue functions of the contrastive markers of Italian <i>ma</i> (but), <i>invece</i> (instead), <i>mentre</i> (while) and <i>però</i> (nevertheless) within task-oriented dialogues. Corpus data evidence their sensitivity to a acognitive interpersonal context, conceived as a <i>common ground</i>. Such a cognitive state – shared by co-participants through the coordinative process of grounding – interacts with the global dialogue structure, which is cognitively shaped by “meta-negotiating” and grounding the dialogue topic. Locally, the relation between the current dialogue structural units and the global dialogue topic is said to be specified by information structure, in particular intra-utterance <i>themes</i>. It is argued that contrastive markers re-orient the co-participants’ cognitive states towards grounding ungrounded topical aspects to be meta-negotiated. They offer a collaborative context-updating strategy, tracking the status of common ground during dialogue topic management.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.14ind
261
265
5
Miscellaneous
14
01
Index
02
JBENJAMINS
John Benjamins Publishing Company
01
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
NL
04
20070713
2007
John Benjamins
02
WORLD
13
15
9789027254061
01
JB
3
John Benjamins e-Platform
03
jbe-platform.com
09
WORLD
21
01
00
105.00
EUR
R
01
00
88.00
GBP
Z
01
gen
00
158.00
USD
S
102005898
03
01
01
JB
John Benjamins Publishing Company
01
JB code
P&bns 162 Hb
15
9789027254061
13
2007015637
BB
01
P&bns
02
0922-842X
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
162
01
Context and Appropriateness
Micro meets macro
01
pbns.162
01
https://benjamins.com
02
https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.162
1
B01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
Lueneburg University
01
eng
272
vi
265
LAN009000
v.2006
CFG
2
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.DISC
Discourse studies
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.PRAG
Pragmatics
24
JB Subject Scheme
LIN.SOCIO
Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
06
01
This book departs from the premise that context and appropriateness represent complex relational configurations which can no longer be conceived as analytic primes but rather require the accommodation of micro and macro perspectives to capture their inherent dynamism. The edited volume presents a collection of papers which examine the connectedness between context and appropriateness from interdisciplinary perspectives. The papers use different theoretical frameworks, such as situation theory, speech act theory, cognitive pragmatics, sociopragmatics, discourse analysis, argumentation theory and functional linguistics. They reflect current moves in pragmatics and discourse analysis to cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries by integrating relevant premises and insights, in particular cognition, negotiation of meaning, sequentiality, recipient design and genre.
05
In the Introduction we are presented with a well-written and up-to-date overview of research on text, co-text, and context as they relate to appropriateness in language study. Dividing the book into three thematic areas adds to the readability of the research presented and the overall organization of the book. In each of the chapters, one finds well-presented theories or frameworks, balanced arguments, and defensible conclusions. The wide range of topics covered may render the book appealing, not only to language specialists and scholars, but also to advanced students. [...] An added value to this book lies in the fact that languages such as Italian and French are examined and analyzed, a welcome effort in a world dominated by English.
Lutfi M. Hussein, Mesa Community College, USA, in Discourse & Society, 20(1), 2009.
05
This is an exceptionally well-balanced, authoritative collection of current work on context and appropriateness in pragmatics. Anyone interested in keeping up with theoretical and analytical developments in this rapidly evolving area should have it on their bookshelf.
Richard W. Janney, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
05
The articles presented here written by well-known experts analyse context and appropriateness from several different theoretical pespectives such as conversation analysis, pragmatics, sociopragmatics and critical discourse analysis. The variety of outlooks on different aspects of context and its multilayeredness provides a valuable overview of how these notions are used in language description.
Karin Aijmer, Göteborg University
05
This important collection of essays contributes significantly to theorizing the notions of context and appropriateness from several diverse perspectives. This volume provides an essential resource for scholars concerned with context and appropriateness in linguistic pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Neal Norrick, Universität des Saarlandes
04
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475/pbns.162.png
04
03
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027254061.jpg
04
03
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027254061.tif
06
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/pbns.162.hb.png
07
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/125/pbns.162.png
25
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/pbns.162.hb.png
27
09
01
https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/pbns.162.hb.png
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.01int
1
1
Miscellaneous
1
01
Introduction
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.02fet
3
27
25
Article
2
01
Context, contexts and appropriateness
1
A01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Lueneburg, Germany
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.03par
29
1
Section header
3
01
Part I. Bridging problems between context and appropriateness
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.04akm
31
54
24
Article
4
01
Similar situations
1
A01
Varol Akman
Akman, Varol
Varol
Akman
Bilkent University, Turkey
01
This paper studies the notion of similarity with reference to situations of situation theory. While the commonsense notion of two situations resembling each other appears to be valuable in our daily life, we show that it is problematic for the same reasons researchers have been pointing out in psychological and philosophical literature. That human beings can use the notion naturally (without much effort) shows that their cognitive make-up is probably much more powerful than is commonly thought.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.05ois
55
77
23
Article
5
01
Appropriateness and felicity conditions: A theoretical issue
1
A01
Etsuko Oishi
Oishi, Etsuko
Etsuko
Oishi
Fuji Women’s University, Japan
01
The present paper gives a speech-act-theoretic explanation of the concept of appropriateness. In the speech act theory proposed in the present paper, the mechanism of performing an illocutionary act is explained as the process whereby a linguistic form, which represents a linguistic convention, becomes a linguistic artefact by the speaker’s act of uttering and the hearer’s uptake. Appropriateness and felicity conditions concern how such a linguistic artefact is created, and its analysis clarifies a specific relationship between an illocutionary act and context. Upon this interpretation, I examine the ways in which an utterance becomes appropriate or inappropriate, felicitous or infelicitous, and illustrate a construct of the internal context of performing an illocutionary act.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.06nya
79
112
34
Article
6
01
Appropriateness
An adaptive view
1
A01
Thanh Nyan
Nyan, Thanh
Thanh
Nyan
University of Manchester, UK
01
Building on previous work predicated on the co-evolution of language and the brain, this article takes the view that (a) appropriate behavior – linguistic or otherwise – is adaptive; (b) from the standpoint of the speaker’s processing system, it is chiefly a matter of activating skills arising from background knowledge. This background knowledge, I begin by arguing, should be seen as part of a decision-making process, as construed by Damasio (1994). Next I provide a sketch of how appropriate behavior arises from the corresponding memory system. Following this I set reasons for viewing linguistic appropriate behavior in terms of the same apparatus. In the final section I consider the implications of this adaptive perspective for the notion of context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.07par
113
1
Section header
7
01
Part II: Bridging problems between communicative action and appropriateness
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.08fet
115
145
31
Article
8
01
<i>If I may say so</i>
Indexing appropriateness in dialogue
1
A01
Anita Fetzer
Fetzer, Anita
Anita
Fetzer
University of Lueneburg, Germany
01
This contribution examines those contexts in which a contribution is assigned the status of <i>not such as is required</i> (Grice 1975). The first part analyses the theoretical construct of appropriateness in an integrated framework based on Habermas’s <i>theory of communicative action</i>, Gice’s <i>logic and conversation</i> and Sbisà’s approach to speech act theory. The second part operationalizes the theoretical construct as appropriateness conditions. The third part presents a data analysis in which the form and function of explicit and implicit references to appropriateness are analysed in the genre of a political interview. Particular attention is given to the questions of <i>where</i> the inappropriateness is manifest, <i>what</i> constitutive part of the contribution is assigned the status of being inappropriate, <i>who</i> refers to the inappropriateness and <i>how</i> the inappropriateness is realized linguistically.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.09bec
147
166
20
Article
9
01
The appropriateness of questions
The
appropriateness of questions
1
A01
Annette Becker
Becker, Annette
Annette
Becker
University of Frankfurt, Germany
01
When is a question appropriate? In <i>Recontextualizing Context</i>, Fetzer (2004) distinguishes between “grammaticality” and “appropriateness” of sentences and utterances. Appropriateness, other than grammaticality, is a socio-cultural construct. Whereas the grammaticality of sentences may be judged without consideration of their textual, interpersonal, or interactional context, the appropriateness of utterances is highly context-dependent on all these levels. This is especially apparent in dialogical discourse types like media interviews. This contribution assumes as a working hypothesis that the appropriateness of questions can be approached through an analysis of the subsequent answers. Data is taken from videotaped interviews television journalists conducted with politicians and experts during British election night coverages. Their analysis is based on the pragmatic framework developed by Harris (1991) for the analysis of politicians’ evasiveness, and the multidisciplinary frameworks developed by Lauerbach (2003, 2004) and Becker (2005, 2007) for the analysis of interviewing practices. Comparison of interviews with politicians and interviews with experts reveals clear differences as to what answerers interpret as an appropriate question within the global context of the election night coverage and with respect to the question’s local textual, interpersonal, or interactional context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.10ber
167
199
33
Article
10
01
Cooperative conflict and evasive language
The case of the 9-11 commission hearings
1
A01
Lawrence N. Berlin
Berlin, Lawrence N.
Lawrence N.
Berlin
Northeastern Illinois University, USA
01
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, concerns surrounding the efficacy of United States intelligence and security agencies led to the formation of the 9–11 Commission. The Commission was charged to conduct a series of hearings to investigate “the truth” and possible culpability for the security failure. During the hearings, many high-ranking officials of the United States Government – past and present administrations – were called to give testimony. Exchanges between some of those officials (Secretaries of State) and their interlocutor-interrogators can best be described as “evasive”, representing a series of discursive tactics which produce nonlinear patterning between adjacency pairs. Yet, despite evidence that use of indirect, evasive language is not uncommon in courtroom discourse, the construction of evasion within these exchanges, especially along partisan lines, appears to be co-constructed, broadening the notion of cooperation to include complicity and suggest an expanded definition of what can be considered “appropriate”. Thus, in an order of discourse fraught with conflicting agents – interrogators and witnesses (and in this particular case, Republicans and Democrats), witnesses maintain the appearance of cooperation within the conflict by answering questions through changing the direction of the question, mitigating the force of the imposition, and deflecting responsibility from an action that could prove politically embarrassing or damaging. This chapter uses a critical discourse analysis framework to examine the mediated political discourse of these interactions, illustrating how cooperative conflict and its concomitant evasive language necessitate a layered analysis of context.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.11par
201
1
Section header
11
01
Part III: Bridging problems between micro and macro
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.12mie
203
233
31
Article
12
01
The attenuating conditional
The
attenuating conditional
Context, appropriateness and interaction
1
A01
Johanna Miecznikowski
Miecznikowski, Johanna
Johanna
Miecznikowski
University of Turin, Italy
2
A01
Carla Bazzanella
Bazzanella, Carla
Carla
Bazzanella
University of Turin, Italy
01
The attenuative reading of the conditional form (condatt) in Italian and French illustrates the multifunctionality of linguistic structures and the necessity of analyzing them in their synergies with relevant contextual parameters. The condatt allows the speaker to allude to the existence of pragmatic prerequisites for his/her utterance without presenting them as taken for granted. An empirical study of spoken data reveals that at least in French this property has specific effects on various levels of interaction: the form expresses negotiability of the speaker’s acts; it preferredly encodes new information and contributes to structure the thematic progression of discourse; it tends to encode initiative and/or dispreferred communicative acts. These results lead us to formulate some hypotheses as to the condatt’s appropriateness with regard to global context. In particular, given that the form signals negotiability and is better compatible with a reduced rather than with a rich common ground, we expect it to be most appropriate in dialogical genres characterized by a low degree of acquaintance, a high degree of social distance between co-participants, and symmetry of social roles.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.13car
235
260
26
Article
13
01
Collaborative use of contrastive markers
Contextual and co-textual implications
1
A01
Francesca Carota
Carota, Francesca
Francesca
Carota
Institut des Sciences Cognitives-CNRS, Lyon
01
The study presented in this paper examines the context-dependence and dialogue functions of the contrastive markers of Italian <i>ma</i> (but), <i>invece</i> (instead), <i>mentre</i> (while) and <i>però</i> (nevertheless) within task-oriented dialogues. Corpus data evidence their sensitivity to a acognitive interpersonal context, conceived as a <i>common ground</i>. Such a cognitive state – shared by co-participants through the coordinative process of grounding – interacts with the global dialogue structure, which is cognitively shaped by “meta-negotiating” and grounding the dialogue topic. Locally, the relation between the current dialogue structural units and the global dialogue topic is said to be specified by information structure, in particular intra-utterance <i>themes</i>. It is argued that contrastive markers re-orient the co-participants’ cognitive states towards grounding ungrounded topical aspects to be meta-negotiated. They offer a collaborative context-updating strategy, tracking the status of common ground during dialogue topic management.
10
01
JB code
pbns.162.14ind
261
265
5
Miscellaneous
14
01
Index
02
JBENJAMINS
John Benjamins Publishing Company
01
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
NL
04
20070713
2007
John Benjamins
02
WORLD
01
245
mm
02
164
mm
08
630
gr
01
JB
1
John Benjamins Publishing Company
+31 20 6304747
+31 20 6739773
bookorder@benjamins.nl
01
https://benjamins.com
01
WORLD
US CA MX
21
21
24
01
02
JB
1
00
105.00
EUR
R
02
02
JB
1
00
111.30
EUR
R
01
JB
10
bebc
+44 1202 712 934
+44 1202 712 913
sales@bebc.co.uk
03
GB
21
24
02
02
JB
1
00
88.00
GBP
Z
01
JB
2
John Benjamins North America
+1 800 562-5666
+1 703 661-1501
benjamins@presswarehouse.com
01
https://benjamins.com
01
US CA MX
21
24
01
gen
02
JB
1
00
158.00
USD