Liliana Ruxandoiu
List of John Benjamins publications for which Liliana Ruxandoiu plays a role.
Articles
2016 Keep silent or keep talking!: Remarks on silence in Romanian culture Language and Dialogue 6:3, pp. 447–463 | Article
The paper approaches silence as a pragmatically relevant component of the dialogue. My aim is to illustrate the diversity of meanings and functions silence can discursively actualize, depending on the communicative situation. As a collectivistic, relationship oriented culture, Romanian culture is… read more
2014 Strategic uses of certainty and uncertainty in a political debate Certainty and Uncertainty in Dialogue, Zuczkowski, Andrzej (ed.), pp. 149–162 | Article
The paper analyses the contribution of modal forms expressing certainty and uncertainty to the construal of a politician’s ethos. Deontic modals are considered implicit evidentials. The theoretical and methodological background of the analysis is provided by pragmatics and discourse analysis, as… read more
2012 Perspectivation in the Romanian parliamentary discourse Dialogue in Politics, Berlin, Lawrence N. and Anita Fetzer (eds.), pp. 151–166 | Article
The paper examines several perspectivation techniques based on a split of the speaker’s voice: quotation, rhetorical question and irony. The data are provided by the debate of the proposal of suspending the President from office in the Romanian Parliament (April 19, 2007). The analytical framework… read more