Dec 12
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: (Re)presentations and Dialogue
Series Title: Dialogue Studies 16
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/ds.16
Editor: François Cooren
Editor: Alain Létourneau
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273161 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273161 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273161 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210333 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210333 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210333 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:
This edited volume proposes key contributions addressing the connections
between two important themes: dialogue and representation. These connections
were approached or interpreted in three possible ways: 1. Dialogue as
representation, 2. Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues,
and 3. Representations of dialogue. The first interpretation — Dialogue as
representation — consists of exploring dialogue as an activity where many
things, beings or voices can be made present, whether we think in terms of
ideologies, cultures, situations, collectives, roles, etc. The second
interpretation – Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues –
leads scholars to explore questions of normativity, which are often associated with the notion of
dialogue, when conceived as a morally stronger form of conversation. Finally,
the third interpretation – Representations of dialogue – invites us to address
methodological questions related to the representation of this type of
conversation. Echoing Bakhtin, contributors were invited to explore the
polyphonic, heteroglot, or dialogic character of any text, discourse or
interaction.
Dec 10
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Commitment
Edited by Philippe De Brabanter and Patrick Dendale
Institut Jean Nicod & Université Paris 4-Sorbonne / University of Antwerp
Paperback
ISBN 978 90 272 2682 2 | EUR 95.00 | USD 143.00
Commitment is a notion widely invoked in speech-act theory, in studies on modality and in dialogue modelling, but it has never been the central topic of a monograph or a collective volume in linguistics. This volume is the very first to bring together researchers from different linguistic traditions and request them to focus on the notion. All the contributions presented here use commitment as a key concept in accounting for a broad range of linguistic phenomena in various languages, from illocutionary acts like assertions and questions to modal expressions, through sentence-types, finite subordinate clauses, concessive markers, tense markers, and even text-types and genres. Each contributor takes pains to explicate his/her understanding of the term commitment, thus making interesting comparisons possible across theoretical boundaries. Some authors also point out potential drawbacks of the notion and argue for replacing or supplementing it with a related concept of involvement.
Dec 10
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Information Structure, Discourse Structure and Grammatical
Structure
Series Title: Belgian Journal of Linguistics 26
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/bjl.26
Editor: Bart Defrancq
Editor: Gudrun Rawoens
Editor: Els Tobback
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027226860 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 161.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027226860 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 107.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027226860 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 113.42
Abstract:
This volume is a collection of papers dealing with the close connection
between discourse and grammar, illustrating the many, sometimes conflicting,
facets of that relationship in various European languages. Central to all
contributions is their focus on diverse aspects of clause combination and on
the various parameters, such as information structure, that have a special tie with clause
combination. Most of the papers are centred around subordination as a
grammatical structure and its status in a discourse. With a few notable
exceptions, subordination has been thought of as part of the discursive
background. This volume adduces convincing evidence from the field of
deictic/anaphoric items, information structure and rhetorical structure in
favour of a more nuanced approach to the status of subordination in discourse.
It also illustrates how rhetorical patterns in discourse give rise, through a
grammaticalisation process, to new interclausal dependencies.
Dec 10
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Evaluating Cognitive Competences in Interaction
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 225
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.225
Editor: Gitte Rasmussen
Editor: C.E. Brouwer
Editor: Dennis Day
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273338 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273338 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 90.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273338 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 76.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256300 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 95.40
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256300 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 90.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256300 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Abstract:
Evaluation is a part of everyday life. Competences, knowledge and skills are
assessed in ordinary as well as in institutional settings like hospitals,
clinics and schools. This volume investigates how evaluations are being
carried out interactionally. More specifically, it explores how people
evaluate each others’ cognitive competences as they deal with each others’
understandings, knowings, feelings, doings, hearings and learnings
face-to-face.
The contributions focus on different evaluation activities in a variety of
institutional settings in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Holland and the United
States of America.
All the contributions approach the theme by use of Ethnomethodology (EM)
and/or Conversation Analysis (CA). Thus, the analytic interests concern how
participants organize activities of evaluating cognitive competences by means
of recognizable interactional methods. This approach differs from other
approaches and research interests within cognitive science as it concentrates
on how people in interaction orient towards cognitive competence irrespective
of scientific theories.
Dec 09
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs
Series Title: Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Brill
http://www.brill.com
Book URL: http://www.brill.com/multidimensional-semantics-evaluative-adverbs
Author: Mingya Liu
Hardback: ISBN: 9781781902714 Pages: 254 Price: Europe EURO 89.95
Hardback: ISBN: 9781781902714 Pages: 254 Price: U.S. $ 124
Abstract:
Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs provides a multidimensional
analysis for the lexical semantics of evaluative adverbs: nonfactive
evaluative adverbs trigger a conventional implicature, whereas, factive
evaluative adverbs not only trigger a conventional implicature but also a
conventional presupposition. This analysis proves to be more advantageous than
existing analysis in terms of empirical coverage and explanatory power. With
the case of evaluative adverbs, the book demonstrates how secondary meanings
(e.g. conventional presuppositions, conventional implicatures) interact with
primary meanings (i.e. main assertion, or at-issue content). For the first
time, a three-dimensional formal language of conventional implicatures and
conventional presuppositions is implemented and applied to derive the right
truth conditions of sentences with evaluative adverbs and predict their
projection behaviors. With a cross-linguistic perspective (focusing on German,
English and Mandarin Chinese) and using corpus- and psycholinguistic methods,
the book also offers new perspectives on the syntax/semantics/pragmatics of
adverbials.
Dec 09
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Investigating English Legal Genres in Academic and Professional
Contexts
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
http://www.c-s-p.org
Author: Girolamo Tessuto
Hardback: ISBN: 1443842052 9781443842051 Pages: 315 Price: U.K. £ 49.99
Hardback: ISBN: 1443842052 9781443842051 Pages: 315 Price: U.S. $ 74.99
Abstract:
This volume contributes to the latest studies in legal discourse studies by
presenting a descriptive and interpretive analysis of English legal genres
used in academic and professional writing contexts. The results of
corpora-driven data are discussed through (meta)discourse, genre and other
theoretical perspectives, and offer insights into the ways the writers’
discursive practices and meanings shape their membership to the legal
community and discipline. The volume attempts to show these ideas in
systematic and clear language, and is designed for native and non-native
readers whether involved in English applied linguistic research or
disciplinary English writing instruction.
Dec 02
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion
Subtitle: Third Edition
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Reference/?view=usa&ci=9780199567461
Author: Andrew Delahunty
Author: Sheila Dignen
Paperback: ISBN: 9780199567461 Pages: 416 Price: U.S. $ 18.95
Abstract:
Allusions are a marvelous literary shorthand. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong
man a Samson, a beautiful woman a modern-day Helen of Troy. From classical
mythology to modern movies and TV shows, this revised and updated third
edition explains the meanings of more than 2,000 allusions in use in modern
English, from Abaddon to Zorro, Tartarus to Tarzan, and Rambo to Rubens. Based
on an extensive reading program that has identified the most commonly used
allusions, this fascinating volume includes numerous quotations to illustrate
usage, drawn from sources ranging from Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens to
Bridget Jones’s Diary. In addition, the dictionary includes a useful thematic
index, so that readers not only can look up Medea to find out how her name is
used as an allusion, but also can look up the theme of “Revenge” and find,
alongside Medea, entries for other figures used to allude to revenge, such as
The Furies or The Count of Monte Cristo.
Hailed by Library Journal as “wonderfully conceived and extraordinarily
useful,” this superb reference–now available in paperback–will appeal to
anyone who enjoys language in all its variety. It is especially useful for
students and writers.
Dec 02
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhannouncements
Title: Music, Language, and Human Evolution
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/Aesthetics/?view=usa&ci=9780199227341
Editor: Nicholas Bannan
Hardback: ISBN: 9780199227341 Pages: 400 Price: U.S. $ 150
Abstract:
Why do human beings make music? No human society has ever existed without
music, and people all around the world commit considerable resources,
including time, effort, and ingenuity, to musical participation and
consumption. Yet until recently archaeology has had little to say about the
possible role of music in human evolution. This book examines the potential
role of musicality in human evolution and its consequences for human culture.
Drawing on a growing body of research in archaeology, anthropology,
psychology, and musicology, it illustrates the inter-disciplinary necessity of
accounting for the phenomenon of human music-making.
Through twelve articles, the contributors to his volume build on Charles
Darwin’s speculation that human language may have had its origins in forms of
vocal communication closer to the condition of music. Music and language are
both acquired by individuals, and thus transmitted over the generations as a
consequence of an evolved biology specially adapted for these purposes. The
authors of this book seek to illuminate the debate surrounding the precedence
of musicality over language in research influenced by Darwin’s proposal,
critically examining the controversial philosophical, developmental, and
inter-cultural issues implied.
The accompanying CD provides some glimpses of the practice of music in a
variety of cultures and illustrates ways of listening to the human voice that
reveal its intrinsic musicality.
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