Negation in Functional Discourse Grammar [PDF]
, 2018 Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to show that the model of Functional Discourse Grammar can be used to provide a detailed classification of expressions of negation by taking its hierarchical, layered structure as the point of departure. The chapter thus follows up on ideas first launched in Dik (1997) concerning the various layers of Functional ...
Kees Hengeveld, J. Lachlan Mackenzie
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Parenthetical 'I say (you)' in Late Medieval Greek vernacular: a message structuring discourse marker rather than a message conveying verb [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, I argue that the first-person singular of the "ordinary" verb lambda epsilon gamma omega/lambda alpha lambda(omega) over tilde ('I say') in the thirteenth-to fourteenth-century political verse narratives Chronicle of Morea and War of Troy ...
Soltic, Jorie
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Peculiarities of Conceptual Metaphor Functioning (on the Material of English Mass Media)
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2020 This article considers the features of conceptual metaphor within the legal discourse. The author identifies the main approaches to the study of metaphor, in general, as well as the study of metaphor in the light of conceptual analysis, in particular ...
Ekaterina V. Pikalova
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Semiotics, Analogical Legal Reasoning, and the Cf. Citation: Getting Our Signals Uncrossed [PDF]
, 1999 The Bluebook\u27s introductory citation signals are essential to effective legal discourse. The choice of signal can influence not only the interpretation of cited cases, but also the path of the law.
Robbins, Ira P.
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The Interface between Intonation and Function of Discourse Markers in English
ELOPE, 2007 The article examines how the function and the distribution of pragmatic markers in spoken discourse are reflected by prosodic means. The results of this preliminary analysis show that the intonation largely depends on the discourse function of a marker;
Smiljana Komar
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Differences in use and function of verbal irony between real and fictional discourse: (mis)interpretation and irony blindness [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents a contrastive approach to the presence of two distinct types of verbal irony in real (natural, unscripted) versus fictional (scripted) discourse, with a special focus on irony blindness, i.e.
Kapogianni, Eleni
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Metaphor as Tool for Implementation of Recreational Function in Information Television Discourse
Научный диалог, 2022 The features of the implementation of the recreational function through metaphorical vocabulary in the information television discourse are analyzed. The means of nomination of several metaphors associated with art and culture.
M. A. Gladko
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The modal particle ma 嘛: theoretical frames, analysis and interpretive perspectives [PDF]
, 2017 This article sets out to provide a semantic and pragmatic account of the modal particle ma 嘛, endeavouring to put into light new aspects in its function which, at present, remain widely unexplored in the literature.
Lepadat, Carmen
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Intonation and discourse : biased questions [PDF]
, 2008 This paper surveys a range of constructions in which prosody affects discourse function and discourse structure.We discuss English tag questions, negative polar questions, and what we call “focus” questions.
Asher, Nicholas, Reese, Brian
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Thinking about the news : thought presentation in early modern English news writing [PDF]
, 2015 Walker and McIntyre investigate the forms and functions of discourse presentation in a corpus of Early Modern English news reporting, concentrating particularly on thought presentation.
McIntyre, Dan, Walker, Brian
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