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Published 2007.
This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the
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Published 2007.
This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the
discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that).
Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction
of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations.
Most adopt an integrative approach in which speaker-listener or writer-reader relationships are viewed as part and parcel of the linguistic properties of
each marker. Because it combines functional, generative and enunciative approaches into a coherent whole with a common explanatory aim, this book will be
of interest to linguists, corpus-linguists and all those who investigate the semantics-pragmatics interface.
