nam a22 c 4500 pbns.347/268029848 nljbp 250625073026.6 cr ||||||||||| 241211s2024 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2024026494 9789027246561 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp CFG bicssc LAN009030 bisacsh Vagueness, Ambiguity, and All the Rest Linguistic and pragmatic approaches Edited by Ilaria Fiorentini and Chiara Zanchi Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024 ©2024 1 online resource (vi, 286 pp. ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 0922-842X 347 Includes bibliographical references and index. Chapter 1. Introduction / Ilaria Fiorentini and Chiara Zanchi -- Chapter 2. The role of ambiguity and vagueness in language change / Elisabetta Magni -- Chapter 3. The role of ambiguity in intentional vagueness / Miriam Voghera -- Chapter 4. Vagueness and ambiguity are very different (persuasion devices) / Claudia Coppola, Giorgia Mannaioli and Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri -- Chapter 5. Ambiguity in discourse / Asya Achimova, Maren Ebert-Rohleder, Lorenz Geiger, Joel Klenk, Michael Reid, Thalia Vollstedt and Angelika Zirker -- Chapter 6. Underspecification and ambiguity of voice markers / Riccardo Giomi and Guglielmo Inglese -- Chapter 7. Vague stuff / Ilaria Fiorentini and Chiara Zanchi -- Chapter 8. Vagueness explored / Maria Cristina Lo Baido -- Chapter 9. Using ambiguity and vagueness to avoid problematic answers / Alessandra Barotto -- Chapter 10. Vagueness and ambiguity of perlocutionary effects in Prime Minister’s Question time sessions / Milica Radulović -- Chapter 11. Place names in legal texts / Elisa D’Argenio and Chiara Ghezzi This book aims to address a gap in the existing literature on the relationship between vagueness and ambiguity, as well as on their differences and similarities, both in synchrony and diachrony, and taking into consideration their relation to language use. The book is divided into two parts, which address specific and broader research questions from different perspectives. The former part examines the differences between ambiguity and vagueness from a bird-eye perspective, with a particular focus on their respective functions and roles in language change. It also presents innovative linguistic resources and tools for the study of these phenomena. The second part contains case studies on vagueness and ambiguity in language change and use. It considers different strategies and languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Medieval Latin, and Old Italian. The readership for this volume is broad, encompassing scholars in a range of disciplines, including pragmatics, spoken discourse, conversation analysis, discourse genres (political, commercial, notarial discourse), corpus studies, language change, pragmaticalization, and language typology. Provided by publisher. Discourse studies Historical linguistics Pragmatics Theoretical linguistics Fiorentini, Ilaria editor Zanchi, Chiara editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024 9789027215444 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.347 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027246561