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Author Sakita, Tomoko I

Title Reporting discourse, tense, and cognition / by Tomoko I Sakita
Edition 1st ed
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Reporting discourse -- 1.2. Discourse perspectives -- 1.3. Overview of chapters -- 1.4. Data -- Chapter 2. Review and Problems of Tense-Alternation Theories -- 2.0. Overview -- 2.1. Tense-alternation theories -- 2.2. Problem: say/said alternation -- 2.3. Conclusions and directions for further research -- Chapter 3. Cognitive Backgrounds of Tense-Alternation -- 3.0. Overview -- 3.1. Tense and person -- 3.2. Interpretive processes of reporting -- 3.3. Cognitive Recollection Model (CRM) -- 3.4. Psychological involvement -- 3.5. Self-identity -- 3.6. Backgrounds of prevalence of I says -- 3.7. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Tense and Attitudinal Contrast -- 4.0. Overview -- 4.1. Searching vs. resultative mode -- 4.2. Conflict vs. conflict-avoidance -- 4.3. Weak vs. strong attitude -- 4.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Consciousness Flow, Discourse Acts, and Tense -- 5.0. Overview -- 5.1. Discourse organization units -- 5.2. Consciousness flow in discourse -- 5.3. Consciousness flow in narrative dialogues -- 5.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Tense in Indirect Reporting Discourse -- 6.0. Overview -- 6.1. Treatments of tense in grammar -- 6.2. Pragmatic view -- 6.3. Declerck's hypothesis -- 6.4. Tense in discourse -- 6.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Reporting Discourse Style and Function -- 7.0. Overview -- 7.1. General characterizations of reporting discourse style and function -- 7.2. Reporting style and structure -- 7.3. Reporting function and pattern -- 7.4. Correlations between style and function -- 7.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- 8.1. Summary of chapters -- 8.2. Theoretical implications -- 8.3. Future perspectives -- Notes -- Transcription Conventions -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Last Page
Summary Reporting discourse has attracted rigorous analyses in linguistics, literary theory, cognitive psychology, sociology and ethnomethodology. This book provides analyses of controversial topics in reporting discourse like tense alternation, reporting styles, patterns and functions. After critically examining existing theories, Tomoko I. Sakita offers new theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses within the scope of actual language performance. Her analysis covers tenses that previous studies have neglected or have considered ""ungrammatical"" or ""mistaken"". Based on models of cognitive re
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Indirect discourse.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense.
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects
Language and languages -- Style.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense.
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects.
Language and languages -- Style.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Indirect discourse.
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Indirect discourse
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense
Language and languages -- Style
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ISBN 058547432X
9780585474328
0080516130
9780080516134
1281046094
9781281046093
9786611046095
6611046097