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1 online resource |
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Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 0166-0829 ; 228 |
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Intro -- Pejoration -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pejoration in grammar -- 2.1 Prosody -- 2.2 Word-formation -- 2.3 Syntax -- 2.4 Lexicon -- 2.5 Semantics -- 3. Pejoration in pragmatics -- 3.1 Speech acts -- 3.2 Implicatures -- 3.2.1 Conventional-implicature approach -- 3.2.2 Conversational implicatures -- 3.3 Deixis -- 3.4 Text and discourse -- 4. Further dimensions of pejoration -- References -- Part I: Pejoration in different linguistic domains -- Pejorative prosody -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prosodic features -- 2.1 Fundamental frequency and pitch -- 2.2 Contour of the fundamental frequency in utterances -- Intonation contour -- 2.3 Speech rate and duration -- 2.4 Stress -- 3. Research on attitudes -- 4. Planning and implementation of an experiment to compare positive with pejorative evaluative speaking styles -- 4.1 Text material -- 4.2 Speakers -- 4.3 Voice recordings -- 4.4 Perception tests -- 5. Results of perception tests -- 5.1 Auditory analysis of positive evaluations -- 5.2 Auditory analysis of negative evaluations -- 6. Acoustic analyses -- 6.1 Distribution of fundamental frequency -- 6.2 Mean fundamental frequency, standard deviation and range -- 6.3 Characteristics of the fundamental frequency contours -- 6.4 Graphical representation of the fundamental frequency contours -- 6.5 Steepness of contours -- 6.6 Realization of stress -- 6.7 Analysis of duration and speech rate -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Are Ge-e and -(er)ei pejorative derivation patterns? -- 3. Diachronic corpus analysis -- 3.1 Aims and method -- 3.2 The corpora -- 3.3 Bases and contexts -- 3.4 Findings |
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4. Discussion: How conventionalized is the pejorative derivational meaning? -- 5. Outlook -- References -- Quantification with pejoratives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pejoratives and use-conditional meaning -- 3. The semantics of pejoratives -- 4. L∗CI -- LCI and its extensions -- 4.1 Composition in LCI -- 4.2 Compositionality -- 4.3 Denotations -- 5. Quantificational problems with pejoratives -- 6. Compositional multidimensionality -- 6.1 Lexical extensions -- 6.2 Cross-dimensional quantification -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentences -- 1. Introduction: Examples for pejoration with generic sentences -- 2. Normalcy conceptions -- 2.1 Propositional expression of normality -- 2.2 Properties of Normalcy Conceptions -- 3. Generic sentences -- 3.1 What is the connection between normalcy conceptions and generic sentences? -- 4. What properties of generic sentences as expressions of NC make them suitable for pejorations? -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Demonstrative pejoratives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. German demonstratives: State of the art -- 2.1 Demonstrative paradigms in German -- 2.2 Re-direction of attention and affectivity as demonstrativity functions -- 3. What is pejoration? -- 4. Cognitive proximity -- 5. Demonstratives and pejoration revisited -- 5.1 German proximal demonstrative dies- and pejoration -- 5.2 German distal jen- and 'cognitive distance' -- 6. Summing up -- References -- Part II: Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm -- Slurring as insulting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Slurs as illocutionary indicators -- 2.1 Illocutionary indicator -- 2.2 Stereotypical meaning of slurs -- 2.3 On the force of illocutionary indicators -- 3. Slurring as insulting -- 3.1 Slurring as a speech act -- 3.2 Slurring as insulting -- 3.3 Non-derogatory uses explained -- 4. A critique of the multi-act approach |
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4.1 Two propositions -- two speech acts? -- 4.2 Dominance of illocutionary indicators -- 4.3 Indirect insulting -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- A multi-act perspective on slurs -- 1. The semantic status of derogatory content -- 2. Criticisms to the notion of conventional implicature -- 3. From multi-propositions to multi-acts -- 4. Formalization -- 5. Other kinds of pejoratives -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- The meaning and use of slurs -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contexts of use -- 3. Target Group vs. In-Group -- 4. The Semantics of Slur Terms -- 5. Degree of Offensiveness -- 6. Semantic change -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasm -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pejorative power of irony -- 2.1 Boosting or minimising negative evaluation via irony -- 3. Defining irony -- 4. Irony vs. sarcasm -- 4.1 Sarcasm -- 5. Sarcastic irony -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Pejoration in different linguistic contexts -- Pejoration in contact -- 1. Introduction: Pejoration and structural borrowing -- 2. Pejoration through m-reduplication -- 2.1 A possible source: Turkish m-reduplication -- 2.2 Similar developments in American English from a Yiddish source -- 2.3 Support from existing patterns in German -- 2.4 m-reduplication in urban German -- 2.5 Pejoration, amplification, 'coolness', and fun: From echo word formation to pejoration -- 3. Depejoration through "Scherz/Spaß" 'just kidding' -- 3.1 "Scherz/Spaß" and "şaka" in German and Turkish -- 3.2 Depejoration and joking: Words said in jest -- 4. Conclusion: Developmental paths and constructional pejoration -- References -- Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Main usages of bla, bla, bla -- 2.1 Dummy element usage -- 2.2 List extender usage -- 2.3 Dummy utterance usage -- 2.4 Utterance list extender usage |
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2.5 Turn-initial reply usage -- 3. Characteristic features of bla, bla, bla -- 3.1 Syntactic features -- 3.2 Phonological features -- 3.3 Lexical-semantic features -- 4. Bla, bla, bla as a meta-linguistic device -- 5. Interim results -- 6. Pejoration -- coded or inferential? -- 6. Summary -- References -- Pejoratives in Korean -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries -- 3. Typology and development of pejoratives -- 3.1 Peripherality -- 3.2 Insignificance -- 3.3 Lack of sophistication -- 3.4 Undesirable events/postures -- 3.5 Feigned repetition -- 3.6 Lack of specification -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 Conceptual Motivation -- 4.1.1 Devaluation attached to periphery -- 4.1.2 Devaluation attached to small-size and non-humans -- 4.1.3 Devaluation attached to lack of sophistication -- 4.1.4 Devaluation attached to certain events and postures -- 4.1.5 Devaluation attached to repetition -- 4.1.6 Devaluation attached to lack of noteworthiness -- 4.2 Cultural Motivation -- 4.3 Subjectification and intersubjectification -- 5. Summary and conclusion -- References -- Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constructed dialogue in German Sign Language (GSL) -- 3. Typification as "hearing" through CD -- 4. Signed data analyses -- 5. Digression A: Wolf and Hare (and Hedgehog) -- 6. "The hearing" in pejorative CDs -- 7. Digression B: "The deaf who conforms" -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Pejoration (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Pejoration (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Finkbeiner, Rita
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Meibauer, Jörg
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Wiese, Heike
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| LC no. |
2016008552 |
| ISBN |
9789027267368 |
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9027267367 |
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