Fictive interaction : the conversation frame in thought, language, and discourse

Fictive interaction : the conversation frame in thought, language, and discourse / Esther Pascual, University of Groningen.

Language is intimately related to interaction. The question arises: Is the structure of interaction somehow mirrored in language structure and use? This book suggests a positive answer to this question by examining the ubiquitous phenomenon of fictive interaction, in which non-genuine conversational...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pascual Olivé, Esther (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 47.
Subjects:
Conversation analysis > Psychological aspects.
Discourse analysis > Psychological aspects.
Pragmatics.
Psycholinguistics.
pragmatics.
psycholinguistics.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Discourse analysis > Psychological aspects
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction: Language, interaction, and cognition
  • 1.1. Theoretical background
  • 1.2. Fictive interaction
  • 1.2.1. communicative type of Activity
  • 1.2.2. Fictive interaction in different languages and discourse genres
  • 1.3. Methodology
  • 1.4. Book structure
  • ch. 2 Fictive interaction: The conversation frame in discourse and grammar
  • 2.1. Inter-sentential fictive interaction
  • 2.1.1. Topic
  • 2.1.2. Focus
  • 2.1.3. Relative clauses
  • 2.1.4. Conditionals
  • 2.2. Sentential fictive interaction
  • 2.2.1. Fictive assertions
  • 2.2.2. Fictive questions
  • 2.2.3. Fictive commands
  • 2.2.4. Fictive apologies, greetings, and politeness exchanges
  • 2.3. Intra-sentential fictive interaction
  • 2.3.1. clausal level
  • 2.3.2. phrasal level
  • 2.3.3. lexical level
  • 2.3.4. Theoretical discussion
  • 2.4. Summary and conclusions
  • ch. 3 Direct speech compounds: On the dialogue-morphology interface
  • 3.1. Fictive interaction in compound modifiers
  • 3.1.1. Database
  • 3.1.2. Formal characteristics of the modifier
  • 3.1.3. Pragmatic characteristics of the modifier
  • 3.2. Setting up a fictive conversation
  • 3.2.1. Metonymy
  • 3.2.2. fictive conversation as reference point
  • 3.3. Creating a new category
  • 3.4. Semantico-pragmatic types
  • 3.4.1. Individual as communication participant
  • 3.4.2. Type of communicative act
  • 3.4.3. Means of communication
  • 3.4.3.1. medium is a text carrier
  • 3.4.3.2. medium is an entity
  • 3.4.3.3. medium is a physical act
  • 3.4.3.4. medium is a manner
  • 3.4.4. Instrumentality
  • 3.4.5. Mental or emotional state
  • 3.4.5.1. Attitude or principle
  • 3.4.5.2. Feeling
  • 3.4.6. Time and space
  • 3.4.7. Summary and discussion
  • 3.5. Final remarks
  • ch. 4 From talk-in-interaction to grammar: A cross-linguistic study of fictive interaction
  • 4.1. Data
  • 4.2. Direct speech for non-quotation: From multifunctionality to polysemy
  • 4.2.1. Mental states
  • 4.2.1.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.1.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.2. Emotional and attitudinal states
  • 4.2.2.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.2.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.3. Desires, intentions and attempts
  • 4.2.3.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.3.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.4. Causation
  • 4.2.4.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.4.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.5. Reason or purpose
  • 4.2.5.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.5.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.6. Actions and states of affairs
  • 4.2.6.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.6.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.2.7. Tense
  • 4.2.7.1. Oral languages
  • 4.2.7.2. Chirographic languages
  • 4.3. Discussion and conclusions
  • ch. 5 It's like, why fictive interaction? Multifunctional direct speech in a jury deliberation
  • 5.1. fictive interaction construction
  • 5.2. Data
  • 5.3. Analysis
  • 5.3.1. Speech and inferences from speech
  • 5.3.2. Thoughts and decisions
  • 5.3.3. Emotions and attitudes
  • 5.3.4. Intentions and actions
  • 5.4. Discussion and conclusions
  • ch. 6 trial as fictive trialogue: Fictive interaction imagery in legal argumentation
  • 6.1. Courtroom interaction
  • 6.2. Many communicative events as one
  • 6.2.1. Debate with Kant
  • 6.2.2. Legal monologues and dialogues as fictive trialogues
  • 6.3. inferable as speaking
  • 6.3.1. speaking cross
  • 6.3.2. speaking evidence
  • 6.4. final decision as a moralistic address
  • 6.4.1. "Voting as Speaking"
  • 6.4.2. jury's verdict as an audible message
  • 6.5. Fictive interaction as a fundamental cognitive process
  • 6.6. Conclusion
  • ch. 7 Triadic questions in court: Searching for answers about legal "truth"
  • 7.1. Questions in court
  • 7.2. Data
  • 7.3. Legal trialogues and triadic questions
  • 7.4. Analysis
  • 7.4.1. Triadic expository questions
  • 7.4.2. Constructed rhetorical question, asked and answered
  • 7.4.3. triadic how-to definition
  • 7.4.4. Fictive embedded question, obvious answer
  • 7.5. Summary and conclusions
  • ch. 8 Concluding remarks
  • 8.1. Implications
  • 8.2. Avenues for future research.

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