Approaches to Discourse Particles / / edited by Kerstin Fischer.

• Superior document: Studies in Pragmatics ; 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Fischer, Kerstin,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Pragmatics ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Approaches to Discourse Particles serves as a unique reference by presenting the spectrum of approaches to discourse particles/markers in their richness and variability, whilst ensuring that the differences and similarities between the approaches are clear and comparable. With the hundreds of studies now published on discourse particles/markers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make such comparisons. Fischer addresses this problem by asking renowned researchers from different linguistic backgrounds to describe their particular ways of accounting for some of the most important problem areas by addressing issues such as: definition; the functional spectrum of the items considered; the model of polyfunctionality proposed; and the broader framework of the model.Discourse particles fulfil many different functions; they contribute to text structuring, dialogue management, turn-taking, politeness, and more. Their investigation is, thus, relevant from many different perspectives within pragmatics and linguistics as a whole. Approaches to Discourse Particles constitutes an important orientation for newcomers to the field, as well as providing the necessary guidance and reference for the many scholars now working in the growing research community. "Wide-ranging and useful. Places the assumptions underlying divergent approaches in sharp relief." - Lawrence Schourup, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.

Table of Contents

Towards an Understanding of the Spectrum of Approaches to Discourse Particles: Introduction to the Volume, K. Fischer -- Part I: Polysemy-Based Approaches -- A Dynamic Polysemy Approach to the Lexical Semantics of Discourse Markers (with an Exemplary Analysis of French Toujours), M-B. Mosegaard Hansen -- Discourse Markers in English: a Discourse-Pragmatic View, D.M. Lewis -- The Rise of Discourse Markers in Italian: a Specific Type of Language Change, R. Waltereit -- A Functional Approach to the Study of Discourse Markers, S. Pons Borderia -- Pragmatic Markers in Translation: a Methodological Proposal, K. Aijmer, et al. -- The Description of Text Relation Markers in the Geneva Model of Discourse Organization, E. Roulet -- A Dynamic Approach to Discourse Particles, H. Zeevat -- Part II: Monosemy-Based Approaches -- A Relevance-Theoretic Approach to Discourse Particles in Singapore English, Ler Soon Lay Vivien -- From Procedural Meaning to Processing Requirement, T. Nyan -- Towards a Theory of Discourse Markers, B. Fraser -- What are Particles Good For?, H. Weydt -- The Natural Semantic Metalanguage Approach to Discourse Markers, C.E. Travis -- Epistemic Modalities and the Discourse Particles of Singapore, A.F. Gupta -- Integrating Prosodic and Contextual Cues in the Interpretation of Discourse Markers, Li-Chiung Yang -- Formal Properties of a Subset of Discourse Markers: Connectives, C. Rossari -- Discourse Marker Research and Theory: Revisiting and, D. Schiffrin -- Discourse Markers as Attentional Cues at Discourse Transitions, G. Redeker -- A Dynamic-Interactional Approach to Discourse Markers, B. Frank-Job -- Discourse Particles as Morphemes and as Constructions, F. Nemo -- Discourse Particles and Modal Particles as Grammatical Elements, G. Diewald -- Frames, Constructions, and Invariant Meanings: the Functional Polysemy of Discourse Particles, K. Fischer -- Discourse Markers in Italian: Towards a "Compositional" Meaning, C. Bazzanella.