Approaches to Discourse Particles

✍ Scribed by Kerstin Fischer

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 509
• Series: Studies in Pragmatics 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

''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

Part II: Monosemy-based approaches......Page 7
References......Page 9
2. Results from the discussion......Page 13
Figure 1. Discourse particles versus discourse markers......Page 15
items integrated into host
utterances <-------------------------------------------------->items constituting independent utterance......Page 17
Figure 4. Dimensions of integratedness, function, and data......Page 19
4.1. Approaches to polyfunctionality......Page 21
4.2. The approaches to the polyfunctionality of discourse particles in this volume......Page 23
1.2. Methodology......Page 29
1.4.1. State of the Art......Page 31
2. Definition......Page 33
2.1. A note on terminology......Page 35
3. Functional Spectrum......Page 37
4. The approach exemplified......Page 39
4.2.1. “Modal” use......Page 41
4.2.2. Discourse marking uses......Page 43
Figure 1. The Peircean sign......Page 45
Notes......Page 47
1.2. Problems......Page 51
3.1. Rhetorical management......Page 53
3.2. Information structuring......Page 55
3.3. The multi-functionality of discourse markers......Page 57
4. The development of discourse markers......Page 61
5. The discourse-pragmatic view......Page 63
Notes......Page 65
1.1. Approach and methodology......Page 69
1.3. Problem statement: what makes a nonmarker turn into a marker?......Page 71
2.2. Scope variability......Page 73
3.2. Stage 1: initial overuse of the verb form diciamo......Page 75
3.3. Stage 2: reanalysis of the new usage as a discourse marker......Page 77
4.2. New functions......Page 79
variability......Page 81
1.1. Approach......Page 85
1.3.2. Problems......Page 87
Table 1: Relationship between pause and pitch (Hidalgo and Pons, 2001a)......Page 89
2.2. Guidelines for studying connectives......Page 91
3.1. Relationship between form and function......Page 93
3.2.2. Modalization......Page 95
Table 2. Relationship among modal values......Page 97
4. Model (or the lack of it)
17......Page 101
5. Broader perspective......Page 103
Table 3. Units of conversation......Page 105
2. Definition......Page 109
3. The functional spectrum......Page 111
4.1. Reflexivity......Page 113
4.2. Indexicality......Page 115
4.3. Heteroglossia......Page 117
6. The Translation Method......Page 119
Notes......Page 121
1.1. Approach......Page 123
1.4. Problem statement......Page 125
2.2. A definition of text relations and text relation markers......Page 127
3.1. The definition of generic text relations......Page 129
3.2. The description of generic TRs......Page 131
Table 2. Computing a specific relation with même......Page 135
Table 3. Computing a specific relation with finalement......Page 137
Notes......Page 139
1.1. Problem Statement......Page 141
2. Definitions......Page 143
3. Functional spectrum......Page 147
4. Marking in an Optimality Theoretic model......Page 149
5. Broader framework: speech act markers......Page 153
1. Introduction......Page 157
3. by combining with existing information to yield a contextual implication, i.e., a logical
implication which can be derived from a combination of the context and the new
information.......Page 159
2. Definition......Page 161
3.2. The DP lah......Page 163
3.3. The DP meh......Page 165
4.1. A relevance-theoretic account of lah......Page 167
4.2. A relevance-theoretic account of meh......Page 171
Notes......Page 173
1.1. Approach......Page 175
1.2. Data and methodological issues......Page 181
2.1. Discourse markers......Page 183
2.3.1. DMS as language adaptation......Page 185
2.3.2. User perspectives......Page 187
3.1. Relevant levels of description......Page 191
3.3. Towards an extended model......Page 193
Notes......Page 195
1. Introduction......Page 197
2.1. A canonical definition of a DM......Page 199
2.2.1. Phonological properties......Page 201
2.2.3. Syntactic properties......Page 203
d. Temporal markers (TDMs):......Page 205
Notes......Page 211
2. Problems of definition......Page 213
3. Functions: why we use Abtönungspartikeln......Page 215
4. Every particle can be assigned a constant basic meaning, which appears in every
occurrence of that particle. This meaning may be conceived of as a set of semantic
features.......Page 217
7. Interchangeable particles may (and normally do) differ in meaning.......Page 219
4.2.2. Some examples......Page 221
Figure 7. Illustration of the meaning structure of immerhin.......Page 223
Notes......Page 225
1.1. Approach......Page 227
1.2. Methodology......Page 229
1.4. Problem Statement......Page 231
2.1. Contextualizing and interactional role of discourse markers......Page 233
2.2.2. Syntactic independence......Page 237
3.2.1. Acceptance......Page 239
Table 1. Functions of bueno......Page 241