Book: Intersubjectivity and Intersubjectification in Grammar and Discourse

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Title: Intersubjectivity and Intersubjectification in Grammar and
Discourse
Subtitle: Theoretical and descriptive advances
Series Title: Benjamins Current Topics 65

Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/bct.65

Editor: Lieselotte Brems
Editor: Lobke Ghesquière
Editor: Freek van de Velde

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027269782 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 85.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027269782 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027269782 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027242532 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027242532 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027242532 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 90.10

Abstract:

Recent years saw a growing interest in the study of subjectivity, as the
linguistic expression of speaker involvement. Intersubjectivity, defined by
Traugott as “the linguistic expression of a speaker/writer’s attention to the
hearer/reader”, on the other hand, has so far received little explicit
attention in its own right, let alone systematic definition and
operationalization. Intersubjectivity and seemingly related notions such as
interpersonal meaning, appraisal, stance and metadiscourse, frequently appear
in cognitive-functional accounts, as well as historical and more applied
approaches. These domains offer (partly) conflicting uses of
‘intersubjectivity’, differ in the overall scope of the concept and the
phenomena it may cover. This book brings together contributions from a variety
of different approaches, with the aim of disentangling the current web of
intertwined notions of intersubjectivity. Rather than focusing on the
potentially conflicting views, the volume aspires to resolve some of the
conceptual puzzle by cross-fertilization between the different views, and
spark discussion on how to operationalize ‘intersubjectivity’ in linguistic
research. Originally published in English Text Construction 5:1 (2012).

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