Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Other Notes; 1 Introduction; 2 Attitude Datives in Social Context -- The Analytic Tools; 3 Speaker-Oriented Attitude Datives in Social Context; 4 Hearer-Oriented Attitude Datives in Social Context; 5 Subject-Oriented Attitude Datives in Social Context; 6 Final Remarks; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book analyses data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other audiovisual material, to examine attitude datives in Levantine Arabic. It examines four types of interpersonal pragmatic marker: topic/affectee-oriented, speaker-oriented, hearer-oriented and subject-oriented