21.3995, Books: Discourse Analysis/Semantics/Syntax: Urgelles-Coll

[linguist at LINGUISTLIST.ORG]

LINGUIST List: Vol-21-3995. Sat Oct 09 2010. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 21.3995, Books: Discourse Analysis/Semantics/Syntax: Urgelles-Coll

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews: Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Eric Raimy, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
       <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemeh at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 04-Oct-2010
From: Jennifer Tighe < jtighe at continuumbooks.com >
Subject: The Syntax and Semantics of Discourse Markers: Urgelles-Coll
 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:26:39
From: Jennifer Tighe [jtighe at continuumbooks.com]
Subject: The Syntax and Semantics of Discourse Markers: Urgelles-Coll

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=21-3995.html&submissionid=2650429&topicid=2&msgnumber=1
  



Title: The Syntax and Semantics of Discourse Markers 
Series Title: Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com
	

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=136570&SearchType=Basic 


Author: Miriam Urgelles-Coll

Electronic: ISBN:  9781441126054 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781441195500 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 75.00


Abstract:

In this book, Miriam Urgelles-Col examines the syntax and semantics of
discourse markers.  A discourse marker can loosely be defined as an item
such as well or now, coming at the beginning of an utterance and marking a
boundary between one part of spoken discourse and the next, signalling the
start of a new section of the discourse. They perform important functions
in conversation -- but defining discourse markers is problematic in itself.
The syntactic approach employed in this book to describe discourse markers
is Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) which is relevant in a
theory of discourse because it provides a framework in which all levels of
grammar can be integrated.  Since discourse markers operate at discourse
level, a well developed discourse theory is required - in this case,
Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) is employed.  During the
course of the book, Minimal Recourse Semantics is explained as it provides
an integration of HPSG and SDRT.  The approach described is exemplified
with an analysis of 'anyway'.

This book offers a detailed overview of research on discourse markers
covering different areas of linguistics: from a discourse analysis point of
view, to a Relevance Theory perspective going through a computational
linguistics approach.  Moreover, the book contains a precise summary of
HPSG and the recently developed SDRT.  It will be of great interest to
researchers in semantics, pragmatics, grammar and discourse analysis.

"This is a book out of the ordinary: rather than looking at only one aspect
of discourse markers, it provides an integrated, detailed and sensitive
exploration of the syntax, semantics, and discourse properties, and makes a
contribution to each of these fields. A fine read." 
Doug Arnold, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, UK 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=50727


MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
		http://www.degruyter.com/mouton	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	European Language Resources Association - ELRA          
		http://www.elra.info.	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Morgan & Claypool Publishers          
			

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG          
		http://www.narr.de/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

	Wiley-Blackwell          
		http://www.wiley.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://www.ipra.be 

	Langues et Linguistique
		http://y.ennaji.free.fr/fr/ 

	Linguistic Association of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd
		http://www.stjerome.co.uk 

	Utrecht institute of Linguistics
		http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ 
	



-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-21-3995