Epistemic Stance in English Conversation. a Description of Its Interactional Functions, with a Focus on I Think |
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| Author:
| Krkkinen, Elise |
| Series title: | Pragmatics and Beyond New Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-16074-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $158.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is the first corpus-based description of epistemic stance in conversational American English. It argues for epistemic stance as a pragmatic rather than semantic notion: showing commitment to the status of information is an emergent interactive a
This book is the first corpus-based description of epistemic stance in conversational American English. It argues for epistemic stance as a pragmatic rather than semantic notion: showing commitment to the status of information is an emergent interactive a