Spoken Language Pragmatics: Analysis of Form-function Relations

by ReginaWeinert (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $312.29

  Provides an analysis of the relationships between form and function in spoken language. This book demonstrates the effect of informational, discourse-external and personal factors on form and shows how speakers position themselves in relation to their discourse, orchestrate different tasks, move between different 'voices', and negotiate meaning.