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The Language of Quarrels.
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Paragraph . Mar2017, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p81-96. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This essay proposes to analyse the mechanisms of quarrels from a theoretical perspective largely informed by linguistics, and more specifically, by pragmatics. It connects with some of Jean-Jacques Lecercle's argument in the current issue, but takes the analysis in different directions. Looking at a number of examples of quarrels, this paper purports to identify the different participants and parameters in the development of a quarrel. These include speakers (authors), texts (more often than oral discourse), institutions that (might) adjudicate, an audience and rules, as well as material conditions under which disputes develop. These parameters provide a framework, rather than a rigid construction, within which speakers may change positions. Special attention is given to the beginnings of a quarrel (what counts as the start of a quarrel?) and to the ends of a quarrel (do they end, or simply cease to be of interest?). The essay concludes on the dynamic of quarrels, which precludes modellization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LITERARY quarrels
*LINGUISTICS
*PRAGMATICS
*DISCOURSE analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02648334
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Paragraph
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121330803
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2017.0216