Liliana Hoinărescu
List of John Benjamins publications for which Liliana Hoinărescu plays a role.
2018 Definition as an argumentative strategy in parliamentary discourse: A cross-cultural and comparative approach Language and Dialogue 8:2, pp. 209–234 | Article
The present paper aims to investigate the main argumentative uses of definitions in various communicative contexts of the parliamentary discourse, on the basis of two sets of data, selected from the British and the Romanian Parliaments. Relevant categories of argumentative definitions are… read more
2016 Cooperative expressions of disagreement in Romanian culture Language and Dialogue 6:3, pp. 422–446 | Article
This paper aims to investigate the pragmatic features and strategies of disagreement in contemporary spoken Romanian, on the basis of authentic data. Disagreement will be regarded in its cooperative dimension, considering that all types of genuine, bona fide communication involve various stages in… read more
2015 Construction of identity and the rhetoric of lying in Romanian political discourse Constructing and Negotiating Identity in Dialogue, Săftoiu, Răzvan (ed.), pp. 23–44 | Article
Starting from the pragmatic descriptions of lying and the most influential theories concerning social identity, this paper explores, on the basis of authentic examples, the relationship between identity construction and the rhetoric of lying in Romanian political discourse. We are interested in… read more