Pragmatics and Beyond New Ser.: Pragmatic Markers in Irish English 258 (2015, Hardcover) book DJV, PDF
9789027256638 9027256632 "Pragmatic Markers in Irish English" offers 18 studies from the perspective of variational pragmatics by established and younger scholars with an interest in the English of Ireland. Taking a broad definition of "pragmatic markers" (PMs) as items operating outside the structural limits of the clause that encode speakers intentions and interpersonal meanings, this volume includes discussions of traditional PMs like "sure" that are strongly associated with Irish English, recent globally-spreading innovations like quotative "like," and studies of tag questions, vocatives and emoticons. The data sets used cover most of the existing and developing corpora of Irish English as well as historical legal depositions, films, advertising and recent fiction, interviews, recorded conversations, and blogs. The authors address general issues such as what corpora of Irish English might add to the description of PMs in general, the interaction of Irish and Irish English, historical and contemporary uses of specific PMs, and the usage of recent immigrants to Ireland."
9789027256638 9027256632 "Pragmatic Markers in Irish English" offers 18 studies from the perspective of variational pragmatics by established and younger scholars with an interest in the English of Ireland. Taking a broad definition of "pragmatic markers" (PMs) as items operating outside the structural limits of the clause that encode speakers intentions and interpersonal meanings, this volume includes discussions of traditional PMs like "sure" that are strongly associated with Irish English, recent globally-spreading innovations like quotative "like," and studies of tag questions, vocatives and emoticons. The data sets used cover most of the existing and developing corpora of Irish English as well as historical legal depositions, films, advertising and recent fiction, interviews, recorded conversations, and blogs. The authors address general issues such as what corpora of Irish English might add to the description of PMs in general, the interaction of Irish and Irish English, historical and contemporary uses of specific PMs, and the usage of recent immigrants to Ireland."