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Domains and functions : a two-dimensional account of discourse markers Universiteit Gent
The study of populism and nationalism through the prism of discourse theory: distinctions and articulations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
naturel un chevauchement plutôt trompeur des deux concepts dans les débats tant universitaires que publics. Ce faisant, la relation que les deux concepts entretiennent n’a pas reçu une attention systématique. S’inspirant de la perspective post-structuraliste de la Discourse Theory formulée à l’origine par Laclau et Mouffe, cet article identifie distinctement le populisme et le nationalisme comme des manières distinctes de construire ...
Favourite puzzles: Revisiting categories in grammar, usage and discourse from functional perspectives KU Leuven
© John Benjamins Publishing Company. This introduction to the special issue “Grammar, usage and discourse: Functional studies offered to Kristin Davidse” first briefly reviews Kristin Davidse’s rich and varied trajectory in functional and cognitive linguistics, highlighting in particular the links between the domains represented by the contributions to the issue and the doctoral research she has supervised over the years. The central questions ...
Discursive pragmatics: a platform for the pragmatic study of discourse Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This introduction to the edited volume 'Discursive pragmatics' traces a pragmatic turn in discourse studies focussing on issues as varied as appraisal, cohesion, coherence, critical linguistics, CDA, enunciation theory, rhetoric, genre studies, humor, intertextuality, manipulation, narrative, polyphony, pragmatic markers, public discourse and text linguistics. Zienkowski identifies a pragmatic turn that involves an increasing focus on the ...
Cross-linguistic variation in spoken discourse markers : distribution, functions, and domains Universiteit Gent
This chapter aims to analyze the variation in use and functions of a broad bottom–up selection of discourse markers across four languages from different typological families, namely French and Spanish (Romance), English (Germanic), and Polish (Slavic). Such an endeavor requires that we not only overcome issues of definition and delimitation of the discourse marker category but also design an annotation model encompassing their full functional ...
The Use of Discourse Markers in Spanish Language Learners’ Written Compositions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The present paper reports on the use of discourse markers in short compositions written by Spanish language learners. The aim is to explore how frequently discourse markers appear in written productions of foreign language learners and to verify which kind of markers they mostly use. A learner corpus of approximately 26 500 words has been compiled for this study. By comparing the results of the language learners with the texts composed by a ...
An introduction to the special issue on ‘Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice’ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article introduces the special issue of the Journal of Language and Politics on ‘Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice.’ In this introduction we discuss the aims and structure of this special issue focused on the development of the poststructuralist and post-Marxist discourse theory originally developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.