Lexical markers of common grounds / / edited by Anita Fetzer, Kerstin Fischer.

• Superior document: Studies in pragmatics,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fetzer, Anita, 1958-; Fischer, Kerstin, 1966-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in pragmatics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The multifaceted and heterogeneous category of common ground is central to theories of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse and context. This book addresses current approaches to common ground from the novel perspective of lexical markers. The edited volume falls in two parts. The first part addresses the relationship between mechanisms of grounding and reference to common ground. The second part examines different types of common ground. It is shown that the investigation of lexical markers provides a novel perspective for investigating the relationship between grounding, common ground and common grounds. Contributions are by Sherri L. Condon and Claude G. Cech, Anita Fetzer, Kerstin Fischer, Francois Nemo, Thanh Nyan, Moeko Okada, Carlos Rodriguez Penagos, Karin Pittner and Thora Tenbrink. It reviews current approaches to common ground from the perspective of lexical markers. It is organized into two parts that discuss the relationship between mechanisms of grounding. It is a reference to common ground and the different types of common ground. It reflects current trends in the field that cross methodological boundaries and integrate cognition, context, genre, negotiation of meaning, and dialogue.

Table of Contents

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. The problem; 2. Common ground in context; 3. Grounding and different types of common ground; 4. Lexical markers; 5. Lexical markers of common ground(s); References; Ok, Next One: Discourse Markers of Common Ground; Grounding and Common Ground: Modal Particles and their Translation Equivalents; Common Ground in Interaction: The Functions of Medial Doch in German; A Common Ground for Knowledge Through Knowledge of Language: A Computational Research of Consensus-Based Meaning in Scientific Papers

Imposing Common Ground by Using Temporal Connectives: The Pragmatics of Before and AfterThe Pragmatics of Common Ground: From Common Knowledge to Shared Attention and Social Referencing; Reformulation and Common Grounds; Whose Common Ground? A Misunderstanding Caused by Incorrect Interpretations of the Lexical Markers of Common Ground; Common Ground, Categorization, and Decision-Making; Index