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Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:44:52
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: From Pragmatics to Dialogue: Weigand, Kecskes (eds.)

 


Title: From Pragmatics to Dialogue 
Series Title: Dialogue Studies 31  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/ds.31 


Editor: Edda Weigand
Editor: Istvan Kecskes

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263742 Pages: 222 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263742 Pages: 222 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263742 Pages: 222 Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201188 Pages: 222 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201188 Pages: 222 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201188 Pages: 222 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

This volume aims at building bridges from pragmatics to dialogue and
overcoming the gap between two ‘circles’ which have cut themselves off from
each other in recent decades even if both addressed the same object, ‘language
use’. Pragmatics means the study of natural language use. There is however no
clear answer as to what language use means. We are instead confronted with
multiple and diverse models in an uncircumscribed field of language use. When
trying to transform such a puzzle of pieces into a meaningful picture we are
confronted with the complexity of language use which does not mean ‘language’
put to ‘use’ but represents the unity of a complex whole and calls for a total
change in methodology towards a holistic theory. Human beings as dialogic
individuals use language as dialogue which allows them to tackle the
vicissitudes of their lives. Dialogue and its methodology of action and
reaction can be traced back to human nature and provides the key to the
unstructured field of pragmatics. The contributions to this volume share this
common ground and address various perspectives in different types of action
game.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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