„Das Gegenüber mit „du“ anzureden, ist heute gang und gäbe. „Du“ wird als locker und freundschaftlich interpretiert, „Sie“ dagegen als distanziert und förmlich. Die Frage der richtigen Anrede zieht sich durch die ganze Sprachgeschichte, erzählt der Anglist Dr. Werner Schäfer … Weiterlesen
Explorations in Internet Pragmatics: Intentionality, Identity, and Interpersonal Interaction This volume takes the reader on an exploration in the dynamics underlying digital interaction. The chapters investigate the ways in which individuals shape and interpret intentions, construct identities, and engage in … Weiterlesen
Contrariness in Classical Arabic Literature: Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged … Weiterlesen
In der letzten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei verfügbaren Titel erschienen: Brückenschläge: Linguistik an den Schnittstellen Sarah Brommer, Kersten Sven Roth, Jürgen Spitzmüller (Hrsg.)https://doi.org/10.24053/9783823395188 Der Sammelband regt an, über den Tellerrand der Linguistik hinauszuschauen, dorthin zu gehen, wo sich die … Weiterlesen
In der letzten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei verfügbaren Titel erschienen: Questions in context: The case of French wh-in-situ Aliza Glasbergen-Plashttps://hdl.handle.net/1887/3239072 This dissertation investigates the properties of a particular type of question, namely wh-in-situ questions in French. It examines their … Weiterlesen
Modeling irony: a cognitive-pragmatic account This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicting conceptual scenarios. This view of irony is the basis for an analytically … Weiterlesen
In der letzten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei verfügbaren Titel erschienen: Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics (3. Auflage) Paul Kroegerhttps://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/359 & https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6855854 This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a … Weiterlesen
Cross-Cultural Pragmatics This book provides a cutting-edge introduction to cross-cultural pragmatics, a field encompassing the study of language use across linguacultures. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics is relevant for a variety of fields, such as pragmatics, applied linguistics, language learning and teaching, translation, … Weiterlesen
Digital codicology: medieval books and modern labor Medieval manuscripts are our shared inheritance, and today they are more accessible than ever—thanks to digital copies online. Yet for all that widespread digitization has fundamentally transformed how we connect with the medieval … Weiterlesen
Pragmatic particles: findings from Asian languagesPragmatic Particles sheds new light on the linguistic theory and application of Asian languages with a particular focus on the role of particles and their socio-pragmatic nature. Drawing on a range of data that spans … Weiterlesen
Introduction to Digital Humanities: Enhancing Scholarship with the Use of TechnologyIntroduction to Digital Humanities is designed for researchers, teachers, and learners in humanities subject areas who wish to align their work with the field of digital humanities. Many institutions are … Weiterlesen
Bis Anfang Januar gibt es für Angehörige der WWU einen Test-Zugriff auf das Handbook of Pragmatics Online aus dem Verlag Benjamins. Linguistic Pragmatics is characterized by its continuous worldwide development into an extremely productive, innovative and intriguing research area within … Weiterlesen
Die Datenbank, die auf eine Bibliographie aus dem Jahr 1987 zurückgeht und laufend aktualisiert wird, ist seit Anfang 2020 frei online verfügbar: Linguistic Pragmatics is the interdisciplinary (cognitive, social, and cultural) science of natural language use. The Bibliography of Pragmatics Online is an … Weiterlesen
The Oxford handbook of experimental semantics and pragmaticsThis handbook is the first to explore the growing field of experimental semantics and pragmatics. In the past 20 years, experimental data has become a major source of evidence for building theories of … Weiterlesen
Data and argumentation in historical pragmatics: grammaticalization of a Catalan motion verb constructionData and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical.The empirical aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the … Weiterlesen