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- Title
Book Review: Traugott (2022). Discourse Structuring Markers in English. A Historical Constructionalist Perspective on Pragmatics. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 978-90-272-1091-3.
- Authors
Xu, Mengmin; Li, Fuyin
- Abstract
In light of the rise of DMs like I all the same i and I however i , the author slightly revises the DSM Trajectory Hypothesis by incorporating the adjective phrase as a potential source of DSMs. Within this framework, DMs (e.g., I by the way i ) are confined to multifunctional and pragmatic connectors, subsumed under the category of DSMs, and are distinguished from monofunctional and contentful DSMs, which are referred to as 1DSMs (e.g., I further i ). Traugott discusses the crucial role of contexts in meaning change and incorporates contextual change into network models of DSMs, presenting an outstanding pattern for schematically outlining the historical development of various DSMs. Taking examples such as I after all i and I by the way i , the author suggests that while the discourse functions of DSMs may change when positioned in pre-clausal, post-clausal and clause-medial slots during development, the positional functions of DSMs are highly specific to individual instances, contingent upon concrete construction items.
- Subjects
DISCOURSE markers; PRAGMATICS; ENGLISH grammar; HISTORICAL linguistics; PERSPECTIVE (Linguistics)
- Publication
Languages, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 3, p195
- ISSN
2226-471X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/languages8030195