Toward a Motivation Model of Pragmatics / / Rong Chen.
With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen argues that this distrust, with its accompanying overemphasis on specificity and fluidity of linguistic meaning and social values, is unwarranted and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIII, 333 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1 Pragmatics then and now -- Chapter 2 A motivation model of pragmatics (MMP) -- Chapter 3 MMP and (im)politeness -- Chapter 4 MMP and cross-/intercultural variation -- Chapter 5 MMP and diachronic pragmatics -- Chapter 6 MMP and discourse -- Chapter 7 MMP and metaphor -- Chapter 8 MMP and the non-literal -- Afterword -- References -- Appendix -- Subject index -- Author index |
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Summary: | With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen argues that this distrust, with its accompanying overemphasis on specificity and fluidity of linguistic meaning and social values, is unwarranted and unhelpful. Drawing on insights from social theories and various strands of pragmatics, he proposes a motivation model of pragmatics (MMP), contending that language use can be adequately, coherently, and elegantly studied via the motivation behind it in its varied and dynamic contexts. The model, with its well-laid out components, is then applied to (im)politeness research, cross-cultural pragmatics, diachronic pragmatics, discourse and genre analysis, conversation analysis, identity construction, and the study of metaphor, sarcasm, parody, and lying. MMP is thus a framework aimed at accounting for fluidity with stable notions, specificity with general principles, and differences with similar underlying factors. As such, the book should appeal to students of pragmatics, (im)politeness, conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, communication, sociology, and psychology. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110787702 9783110766820 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993707 9783110993684 9783110791297 |
ISSN: | 1864-6409 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110787702 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rong Chen. |