Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative. The case of English and Catalan.

This book presents the multifunctional nature of pragmatic discourse markers in English and Catalan oral narratives from the point of view of text linguistics and contrastive analysis. It is argued that English and Catalan markers are distributed and operate differently at four different levels in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gonz??lez, Montserrat (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 122.
Temas:
Catalan language > Discourse analysis.
Catalan language > Grammar, Comparative > English.
Catalan language > Spoken Catalan.
Discourse markers.
English language > Discourse analysis.
English language > Grammar, Comparative > Catalan.
English language > Spoken English.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Storytelling.
Catalan (Langue) > Analyse du discours.
Marqueurs du discours.
Anglais (Langue) > Anglais parlé.
Narration.
Art de conter.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book presents the multifunctional nature of pragmatic discourse markers in English and Catalan oral narratives from the point of view of text linguistics and contrastive analysis. It is argued that English and Catalan markers are distributed and operate differently at four different levels in the varied discourse structures of the text, i.e. at the ideational, the rhetorical, the sequential, and the inferential levels. The results confirm the distinctions in functional-systemic levels, and indicate that the nature of the two languages has a direct influence on the presence and nature of m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (426)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9027295301
9789027295309
1282254421
9781282254428
ISSN:0922-842X ;

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