The Discourse of Indirectness Cues, voices and functions

The Discourse of Indirectness Cues, voices and functions / edited by Zohar Livnat, Pnina Shukrun-Nagar, Galia Hirsch.

"Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon definition and remains vague and ambiguous. In this collection, indirectness is examined as a way of communicating meaning that is inferred from...

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Other Authors: Livnat, Zohar (Editor), Shukrun-Nagar, Pnina (Editor), Hirsch, Galia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2020.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Indirect discourse.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Indirect discourse
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Discourse of Indirectness
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Conceptualizing indirectness in this book
  • 1.1 The inferential view
  • 1.2 The dialogic-intertextual view
  • 1.3 The functional view
  • 2. Structure of the book
  • 2.1 Cues for indirectness: The inferential view
  • 2.2 Voices in the text: The dialogic-intertextual view
  • 2.3 (In)directness as an effective choice: The functional view
  • References
  • Part I. Cues for indirectness: The inferential view
  • Irony, humor or both?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The original model
  • 3. New research on the relationship between irony and humor
  • 4. Textual analysis
  • 4.1 Macro-analysis
  • 4.2 Micro-analysis: Irony
  • 4.3 Micro-analysis: Humor
  • 4.4 Micro-level: Surrealistic irony or absurd humor
  • 5. Concluding remarks: The model revisited
  • References
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • "My refrigerator is as much in the dark as I am"
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Ruling out or retaining the literal meaning
  • 3. Analyzing metaphorical irony
  • 3.1 Comparing two referents
  • 3.2 One referent, double context
  • 4. Conclusions
  • 3. Adapting to pluricentricity: On facts and 'indirect speech'
  • 4. The dialectics of context
  • 5. The dynamics of discourse
  • 6. Indirectness and discourse: the discoursants' voices
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Whose line is it anyway?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical background
  • 2.1 Participation framework in the literary text
  • 2.2 Footing
  • 3. Cues and the distinction between IA and narrative voices
  • 4. Methodology and text
  • 5. Three proposed cues and Three Men in a Boat
  • 5.1 Stylistic duet
  • 5.2 Absurd
  • 5.3 Lip-service
  • 6. Findings and summary
  • Acknowledgments

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