31.3476, Books: The Discourse of Indirectness: Livnat, Shukrun-Nagar, Hirsch (eds.)

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:04:07
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Discourse of Indirectness: Livnat, Shukrun-Nagar, Hirsch (eds.)

 


Title: The Discourse of Indirectness 
Subtitle: Cues, voices and functions 
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 316  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.316 


Editor: Zohar Livnat
Editor: Pnina Shukrun-Nagar
Editor: Galia Hirsch

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260567 Pages: 257 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260567 Pages: 257 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260567 Pages: 257 Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207777 Pages: 257 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207777 Pages: 257 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207777 Pages: 257 Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four
decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon
definition and remains vague and ambiguous. In this collection, indirectness
is examined as a way of communicating meaning that is inferred from textual,
contextual and intertextual meaning units. Emphasis is placed on the way in
which indirectness serves the representation of diverse voices in the text,
and this is examined through three main prisms: (1) the inferential view
focuses on textual and contextual cues from which pragmatic indirect meanings
might be inferred; (2) the dialogic-intertextual view focuses on dialogic and
intertextual cues according to which different voices (social, ideological,
literary etc.) are identified in the text; and (3) the functional view focuses
on the pragmatic-rhetorical functions fulfilled by indirectness of both kinds.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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