30.2953, Books: Pragmatic Markers in British English: Beeching

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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:19:41
From: Louise Bowes [lbowes at cambridge.org]
Subject: Pragmatic Markers in British English: Beeching

 


Title: Pragmatic Markers in British English 
Subtitle: Meaning in Social Interaction 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/pragmatic-markers-british-english-meaning-social-interaction?format=PB 


Author: Kate Beeching

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108708005 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 31.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108708005 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108708005 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 28.00


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

Fundamental to oral fluency, pragmatic markers facilitate the flow of
spontaneous, interactional and social conversation. Variously termed 'hedges',
'fumbles' and 'conversational greasers' in earlier academic studies, this book
explores the meaning, function and role of 'well', 'I mean', 'just', 'sort
of', 'like' and 'you know' in British English. Adopting a sociolinguistic and
historical perspective, Beeching investigates how these six commonly occurring
pragmatic markers are used and the ways in which their current meanings and
functions have evolved. Informed by empirical data from a wide range of
contemporary and historical sources, including a small corpus of spoken
English collected in 2011–14, the British National Corpus and the Old Bailey
Corpus, Pragmatic Markers in British English contributes to debates about
language variation and change, incrementation in adolescence and
grammaticalisation and pragmaticalisation. It will be fascinating reading for
researchers and students in linguistics and English, as well as
non-specialists intrigued by this speech phenomenon.
   

1. 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know…'; 2. Corpus approaches, choice
of markers and methodology; 3. Well; 4. Just; 5. You know; 6. Like; 7. Sort
of; 8. I mean; 9. Conclusion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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