02475oam 2200421 450 991081169570332120230816105618.0(CKB)4100000011508261(MiAaPQ)EBC6385892(EXLCZ)99410000001150826120210418d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe discourse of indirectness cues, voices and functions /edited by Zohar Livnat, Pnina Shukrun-Nagar, Galia HirschAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2020]©20201 online resource (viii, 257 pages) illustrations90-272-0777-1 90-272-6056-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Part 1. Cues for indirectness: The inferential view -- Part 2. Voices in the text: The dialogic-intertextual view -- Part 3. (In)directness as an effective choice: The functional view."Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon definition and remains vague and ambiguous. In this collection, indirectness is examined as a way of communicating meaning that is inferred from textual, contextual and intertextual meaning units. Emphasis is placed on the way in which indirectness serves the representation of diverse voices in the text, and this is examined through three main prisms: (1) the inferential view focuses on textual and contextual cues from which pragmatic indirect meanings might be inferred; (2) the dialogic-intertextual view focuses on dialogic and intertextual cues according to which different voices (social, ideological, literary etc.) are identified in the text; and (3) the functional view focuses on the pragmatic-rhetorical functions fulfilled by indirectness of both kinds"--Provided by publisher.Grammar, Comparative and generalIndirect discourseGrammar, Comparative and generalIndirect discourse.306.44Livnat ZoharShukrun-Nagar PninaHirsch GaliaMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910811695703321The discourse of indirectness3936587UNINA