The Pragmatics of Quoting Now and Then / / ed. by Jenny Arendholz, Wolfram Bublitz, Monika Kirner-Ludwig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Aijmer, Karin,; Arendholz, Jenny,; Bublitz, Wolfram,; Bös, Birte,; Fetzer, Anita,; Finkbeiner, Rita,; Johnson, Alison,; Kirner-Ludwig, Monika,; Kleinke, Sonja,; Landert, Daniela,; Lindner, Bettina,; Lutzky, Ursula,; Meibauer, Jörg,; Moore, Colette,; Musolff, Andreas,; Reber, Elisabeth,; Rudolf, Winfried,; Schneider, Klaus P.,; Zimmermann, Iris,
• HerausgeberIn: Arendholz, Jenny,; Bublitz, Wolfram,; Kirner-Ludwig, Monika,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 89
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)

In examining the phenomenon of "ing from multiple angles, The Pragmatics of Quoting Now and Then offers a fresh view on the forms, functions and usage of "ing as a meta-communicative act in various forms of old (printed) and new (electronically mediated) communication, setting it apart from (seemingly) related acts like repeating or referring. Recent interest in the formal (copy-paste "ing) and ethical ("ing as plagiarizing) aspects of "ing has been gaining considerable momentum in linguistics (and other disciplines), predominantly fuelled by enormous technological progress and the impact on both the procedure of "ing itself and its appraisal in public discourse. Embracing a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, the authors pay special tribute to the inherent complementarity of both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. With contributions pinpointing the formal and functional evolution of "ing and tracing trends in linguistic variation, this volume brings together interpersonal pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical, cognitive and text linguistics as well as cultural studies. In this way, the present title provides a more comprehensive and integral understanding of the nature of "ing.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introducing Quoting as a Ubiquitous Meta-communicative Act -- Part I: Quoting Now -- 1. Reportable Facts and a Personal Touch: The Functions of Direct Quotes in Online News -- 2. Quoting in Online Message Boards: An Interpersonal Perspective -- 3. The Complexities of Thread-internal Quoting in English and German Online Discussion Fora -- 4. Quoting in Political Discourse: Professional Talk Meets Ordinary Postings -- 5. Quotation and Online Identity: The Voice of Tacitus in German Newspapers and Internet Discussions -- 6. “Ich kenne da so einen Jungen … kennen ist gut, wir waren halt mal zusammen weg.” On the Pragmatics and Metapragmatics of X ist gut in German -- 7. Only “nur”. Scare Quoted (Exclusive) Focus Particles at the Semantics/ Pragmatics Interface -- 8. Manufacturing Credibility: Academic Quoting Across Cultures -- Part II: Quoting Then -- 9. Quotative Markers in A Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760 -- 10. Histories of Talking about Talk: Quethen, Quoth, Quote -- 11. Quoting and Translating Latin in the Old English Homilies of the Vercelli Book -- 12. Quoting and Plagiarising – Concepts of Both Now and Then? -- 13. In-between Cognitively Isolated Quotes and References: Looking for Answers Lurking in Textual Margins -- 14. Quotations in Early Modern English Witness Depositions -- 15. Haunting Evidence: Quoting the Prisoner in 19th Century Old Bailey Trial Discourse. The Defences of Cooper (1842) and McNaughten (1843) -- 16. Quotations from 17th and 18th Century Medical Case Reports1 -- About the Authors -- Index of Subjects