The Discourse of Indirectness

The Discourse of Indirectness
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9789027260567
ISBN-13 : 9027260567
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Book Synopsis The Discourse of Indirectness by : Zohar Livnat

Download or read book The Discourse of Indirectness written by Zohar Livnat and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon definition and remains vague and ambiguous. In this collection, indirectness is examined as a way of communicating meaning that is inferred from textual, contextual and intertextual meaning units. Emphasis is placed on the way in which indirectness serves the representation of diverse voices in the text, and this is examined through three main prisms: (1) the inferential view focuses on textual and contextual cues from which pragmatic indirect meanings might be inferred; (2) the dialogic-intertextual view focuses on dialogic and intertextual cues according to which different voices (social, ideological, literary etc.) are identified in the text; and (3) the functional view focuses on the pragmatic-rhetorical functions fulfilled by indirectness of both kinds.


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