Dennis Kurzon
List of John Benjamins publications for which Dennis Kurzon plays a role.
Online Resource
E-ISSN 1877-9646
Titles
Legal Pragmatics
Edited by Dennis Kurzon and Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 288] 2018. viii, 278 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Forensic & legal linguistics | Pragmatics
Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives
Edited by Dennis Kurzon and Silvia Adler
[Typological Studies in Language, 74] 2008. viii, 307 pp.
Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context
Edited by Susanne Feigenbaum and Dennis Kurzon
[Typological Studies in Language, 50] 2002. vi, 304 pp.
Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax
Subjects Discourse studies | Forensic & legal linguistics | Pragmatics
It is Hereby Performed...: Explorations in legal speech acts
Dennis Kurzon
[Pragmatics & Beyond, VII:6] 1986. vii, 81 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Forensic & legal linguistics | Pragmatics
Articles
2018. Chapter 4. Literal interpretation and political expediency: The case of Thomas More. Legal Pragmatics, Kurzon, Dennis and Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky (eds.), pp. 81–98
In July 1535, the trial of Sir Thomas More took place, in which the ex-Lord Chancellor was accused, and found guilty, of high treason for not expressing support for two statutes passed in 1534, which formed the basis of Henry VIII’s constitutional and religious changes: the Act of Succession and… read more | Chapter
2018. Introduction. Legal Pragmatics, Kurzon, Dennis and Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky (eds.), pp. 1–18
Introduction
2017. Chapter 10. Thematic silence as a speech act. Implicitness: From lexis to discourse, Cap, Piotr and Marta Dynel (eds.), pp. 217–232
This chapter will discuss the speech act status of thematic silence, one of the four types of silence presented in Kurzon (2007). This type of silence is not strictly silence in the sense that someone is not talking where talk is expected. It refers to the non-mention of a topic by the speaker… read more | Chapter
2016. The three silences of Sir Thomas More: A pragmatic perspective. Journal of Historical Pragmatics 17:1, pp. 107–128
The paper discusses three instances of silence in the life and writings of Sir Thomas More in terms of conversational and thematic silence. The first is the silence of the London citizenry in More’s History of Richard the Third (1513). The second is the House of Commons’ response of silence, in… read more | Article
2016. Blurring the boundaries between domestic and digital spheres: Competing engagements in public google hangouts. Pragmatics 26:2, pp. 291–304
This study explores the phenomenon of multiactivity during recreational video-mediated communication (VMC) through the analysis of competing engagements. From a data corpus of naturally occurring interactions in public Google Hangouts, we focus on instances of competing engagements triggered by the… read more | Article
2015. Silence. Handbook of Pragmatics: 2015 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.)
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2008. The systematization and typology of the instant messaging writing system used by young Israeli Arabs. Written Language & Literacy 11:1, pp. 35–48
This study investigates a new writing system based on the Roman script that has been used by Israeli Arabs in Israel for about ten years. This system is associated with instant messaging (IM); people usually use it when sending SMSs or when utilizing any of the computer-mediated communication… read more | Article
2008. The silent witness: Pragmatic and literal interpretations. Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell (eds.), pp. 161–178
The Israeli Supreme Court has changed its decisions several times concerning the evidence of the silent witness in criminal cases, focusing on the interpretation of section 10a of the 1971 Evidence Ordinance – whether or not to admit as testimony what the witness has told the police if the witness… read more | Article
2008. A brief note on diacritics. Written Language & Literacy 11:1, pp. 90–94
This short note relates to remarks made by Peter Daniels in his 2006 article ‘On beyond alphabets’ on diacritics which he defines as markers that have a consistent phonological function in the particular script. From examples taken from French, Czech and other languages using the roman script, it… read more | Article
2008. "Ago" and its grammatical status in English and in other languages. Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives, Kurzon, Dennis and Silvia Adler (eds.), pp. 209–227
The paper focuses firstly on English ago followed by the temporal NP, which seems to function as a postposition, although English is a SVO language, with prepositions. A comparison is then carried out with similar deictic expressions in other languages, including European, Semitic, Caucasian,… read more | Article
2008. Introduction. Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives, Kurzon, Dennis and Silvia Adler (eds.), pp. 1–11
Miscellaneous
2002. Preface. Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context, Feigenbaum, Susanne and Dennis Kurzon (eds.), pp. 1–8
Miscellaneous
2002. ‘Preposition’ as functor: The case of long in Bislama. Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context, Feigenbaum, Susanne and Dennis Kurzon (eds.), pp. 231–248
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1989. The sign, its addresser and addressee: Aspects of legal and liturgical texts. From Sign to Text: A semiotic view of communication, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 297 ff.
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1988. The theme in text cohesion. The Prague School and Its Legacy, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 155 ff.
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