Pragmatics in practice / / edited by Jan-Ola Östman, Jef Verschueren

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969344603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• ISBN: 9786613424921; 9781283424929; 1283424924; 9789027289148; 902728914X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Collana: Handbook of pragmatics highlights (HoPH) ; ; v. 9
• Classificazione: ER 940
• Altri autori (Persone): ÖstmanJan-Ola; VerschuerenJef
• Disciplina: 401/.45
• Soggetti: Pragmatics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pragmatics in Practice; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Praxis; 2. Practical linguistics; 3. Pragmatics in practice'; 3.1 Everyday language use in practice; 3.2 Language and ethics; 3.3 Pragmatic adaptability in practice; 3.4 Linguistics 'applied'; 4. Towards responsibility in practice; Reference; Applied Linguistics; 1. Introduction; 2. The educational setting; 2.1 Child language and early literacy; 2.2 Classroom interaction; 2.3 Second and foreign language learning; 2.4 Teaching methodology and language testing; 2.5 Schooling and society; 3. The economic-technical setting3.1 Improving written documents; 3.2 Studies of discourse in organizations; 4. Legal and bureaucratic settings; 4.1 Comprehensibility of legal and bureaucratic language; 4.2 Asymmetries in court and police encounters; 4.3 Forensic linguistics; 5. The medical-social setting; 6. The workplace; 6.1 Workplace interaction; 6.2 Conflicts and negotiations; 6.3 Discourse and technology; 7. Science and the academic setting; 7.1 The sociological-rhetorical study of scientific discourse; 7.2 The study of academic genres and writing; 7.3 Spoken discourse within academia; 8. ConclusionReferences; Authenticity; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical ; background; 3. Understanding the concept; 3.1 Properties of authenticity; 3.2 Establishing authenticity; 3.3 Experiencing authenticity; 4. Authenticity and language; 4.1 The Romantic legacy; 4.2 Authenticating language; 5. Conclusions; References; Clinical Pragmatics; 1. The scope of clinical pragmatics; 2. Theoretical issues; 2.1 Is pragmatic impairment a neurological, cognitive or behavioural phenomenon?; 2.2 Modular vs interactionist theories of pragmatic impairment; 3. Describing pragmatic impairment; 3.1 Pragmatic profiles3.2 Pragmatic theories and frameworks; 3.3 Neuropragmatics; 3.4 Cognitive pragmatics; 4. The range of pragmatic impairments; 4.1 Primary pragmatic impairment; 4.1.1 Right hemisphere damage; 4.1.2 Traumatic brain injury; 4.1.3 Dementia; 4.1.4 Schizophrenia; 4.1.5 Autistic spectrum disorder; 4.2 Secondary pragmatic impairment; 4.2.1 Nonfluent aphasia; 4.2.2 Fluent aphasia; 4.2.3 Specific Language Impairment; 4.2.4 Sensorimotor dysfunction; 5. Clinical pragmatics and pragmatic theory; Reference; Computer-mediated communication; 1. Introduction; 2. CMC between speaking and writing3. Play and performance; 4. Communities; 5. Self-presentation and identities; 6. Conclusion; Reference; Contrastive analysis.; 1. The contrastive enterprise; 2. The unit of comparison; 3. The method; 4. The scope; 5. Macro-Contrastive Analysis; 6. Applications; Reference; Corpus analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Corpus design and typology; 3. Corpus use and annotation; 4. Some websites and journals; 4.1 Corpus distribution centres; 4.2 General information with links to other sites; 4.3 Corpora; 4.4 Software; 4.5 Journals; Reference; Emphasis; 1. Definition, problems
• Sommario/riassunto: The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thereby attempting to divide up its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural, discursive, variational, or interactional angles, this 9th volume focuses on what pragmatics is good for - beyond the very discipline of pragmatics as such. The chapters in the volume thus address the importance of taking a pragmatic perspective on traditional fields of applie