General Extenders
The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category
Published on 18. August 2021
250 pages
978-1-108-94572-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
3,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-94572-1 (9781108945721)
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Maryann Overstreet | George Yule
General Extenders
The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category
Book
09/2021
Cambridge University Press
€140.60
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Content
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.
