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Record Nr.

UNISA996517758403316

Autore

Mauranen Anna

Titolo

Reflexively Speaking : Metadiscourse in English as a Lingua Franca / / Anna Mauranen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-11-029549-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 236 p.)

Collana

Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] , , 2192-8177 ; ; 5

Soggetti

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Metadiscourse as discourse reflexivity -- Chapter 3 Data and methods -- Chapter 4 Discourse reflexivity in multi-party interaction -- Chapter 5 Discourse reflexivity in dialogic writing -- Chapter 6 Matching perspectives and co-constructing knowledge -- Chapter 7 Discourse reflexivity in monologue -- Chapter 8 Discourse reflexivity across speech events -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- List of figures -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reflexive language - the capacity of language to speak about itself - is unique to human languages; yet little is known of its use in actual dialogue. Fundamental features of language are manifest in dialogic speech and in lingua francas. Both are taken on board in this book, which radically widens our conception of reflexivity in discourse. Reflexivity, or metadiscourse, is central to successful communication. It is also vital in understanding academic argumentation, essential to academic self-understanding, and at the same time it has wide applications.