LINGUIST List: Vol-32-2893. Sat Sep 11 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.
Subject: 32.2893, Books: General Extenders: Overstreet, Yule
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:34:55
From: Eleanor Hennerley [ehennerley at cambridge.org]
Subject: General Extenders: Overstreet, Yule
Title: General Extenders
Subtitle: The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://cambridge.org
Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/general-extenders-forms-and-functions-new-linguistic-category?format=HB
Author: Maryann Overstreet
Author: George Yule
Hardback: ISBN: 9781108837231 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781108837231 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781108837231 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.20
Abstract:
General extenders are phrases like 'or something', 'and everything', 'and
things (like that)', 'and stuff (like that)', and 'and so on'. Although they
are an everyday feature of spoken language, are crucial in successful
interpersonal communication, and have multiple functions in discourse, they
have so far gone virtually unnoticed in linguistics. This pioneering work
provides a comprehensive description of this new linguistic category. It
offers new insights into ongoing changes in contemporary English, the effect
of grammaticalization, novel uses as associative plural markers and indicators
of intertextuality, and the metapragmatic role of extenders in interaction.
The forms and functions of general extenders are presented clearly and
accessibly, enabling students to understand a number of different frameworks
of analysis in discourse-pragmatic studies. From an applied perspective, the
book presents a description of translation equivalents, an analysis of second
language variation, and practical exercises for teaching second language
learners of English.
1. Introduction; 2. Referential Function and Categorization; 3. Interpersonal
Function and Intersubjectivity; 4. Personal Function and Subjectivity; 5.
Textual Function and Turn Construction; 6. Historical Development and Change;
7. Social Marking and Variation; 8. In Different Languages; 9. In Learner
Language and Language Teaching; 10. Reflections and Projections.
Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Semantics
Written In: English (eng)
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