Constructing collectivity 'we' across languages and contexts / edited by Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Other author Pavlidou, Theodossia.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Descriptionx, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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SeriesPragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) ; volume 239
Contents Constructing collectivity with 'we' : an introduction / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou -- Referentiality, predicate patterns, and functions of we-utterances in American English interactions / Joanne Scheibman -- Singular perception, multiple perspectives through 'we' : constructing intersubjective meaning in English and German / Richard Jason Whitt -- Referential and functional aspects of the Norwegian first person plural vi / Kaja Borthen and Gøril Thomassen -- Grammar, interaction, and context : unmarked and marked uses of the first person plural in Italian / Carla Bazzanella -- The pragmatics of first person non-singular pronouns in Norf'k / Peter Mühlhäusler -- 'We' as social categorization in Cha'palaa, a language of Ecuador / Simeon Floyd -- Replying with the freestanding 'we' in Greek conversations / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou -- Establishing social groups in Hebrew : 'we' in political radio phone-in programs / Gonen Dori-Hacohen -- Why 'we'? between person marking, ideology and politeness in contemporary Polish / Anna Duszak -- Children's use of English we in a primary school in Wales / Amanda Bateman -- "Nail polish--we've chosen the nicest shades for you!" : editorial voice and 'we' in a Flemish women's magazine / Martina Temmerman -- Author positioning and audience addressivity by means of 'we' in Greek academic discourse / Dimitra Vladimirou -- Bulgarian 'we' and audience involvement in academic writing / Irena Vassileva -- On the use of 'we' in Flemish World War II interviews / Dorien Van De Mieroop -- "Judge us on what we do" : the strategic use of collective we in British political discourse / Anita Fetzer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2013041461
ISBN9789027256447 (Hb : alk. paper)
ISBN9789027270849 (Eb)

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