Toward multimodal pragmatics a study of illocutionary force in Chinese situated discourse / Lihe Huang.
| Author/creator | Huang, Lihe |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. |
| Description | xxxvi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | China perspectives |
| Abstract | "Classic pragmatic theories emphasize the linguistic aspect of illocutionary acts and forces. However, as multimodality has gained importance and popularity, multimodal pragmatics have quickly become a frontier of pragmatic studies. This book adds to this new research trend by offering a perspective of situated discourse in the Chinese context. Using the multimodal corpus approach, this study examines how speakers use multiple devices to perform illocutionary acts and express illocutionary forces. Not only does the author use qualitative analysis to study the types, characteristics, and emergence patterns of illocutionary forces, he performs a quantitative, corpus-based analysis of the interaction of illocutionary forces, emotions, prosody, and gestures. The results show that illocutionary forces are multimodal in nature while meaning in discourse is created through an interplay of an array of modalities. Students and scholars of pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and Chinese linguistics will benefit from this title"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021034252 |
| ISBN | 9781032170916 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |