Quotatives: New Trends and Sociolinguistic Implications
Isabelle Buchstaller, "Quotatives: New Trends and Sociolinguistic Implications"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0470657189 | PDF | pages: 326 | 3.2 mb
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0470657189 | PDF | pages: 326 | 3.2 mb
Quotatives considers the phenomenon “quotation” from a wealth of perspectives. It consolidates findings from different strands of research, combining formal and functional approaches for the definition of reported discourse and situating the phenomenon in a broader typological and sociolinguistic perspective.
- Provides an interface between sociolinguistic research and other linguistic disciplines, in particular discourse analysis, typology, construction grammar but also more formal approaches
- Incorporates innovative methodology that draws on discourse analytic, typological and sociolinguistic approaches
- Investigates the system both in its diachronic development as well as via cross-variety comparisons
- Presents careful definition of the envelope of variation and considers alternative definitions of the phenomenon “quotation”
- Empirical findings are reported from distribution and perception data, which allows comparing and contrasting perception and reality