Perspective and perspectivation in discourse /

'Perspective' and 'viewpoint' are widely used in everyday talk as well as in the specialist languages of the social, cognitive, and literary sciences. Taken from the field of visual perception and representation, these concepts have acquired a general meaning and significance, as...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Graumann, Carl F. (Carl Friedrich), 1923-, Kallmeyer, Werner
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002.
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 9.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253279
Table of Contents:
  • Perspective and Perspectivation in Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Perspective and perspectivation in discourse. An introduction; Part A: Perspectivity: Structure and functions; Knowledge and perspective setting. What possible consequences on conversation do we have to expect?; Explicit and implicit perspectivity; Perspectives, implicitness and recontextualization; Quaestio and L-perspectivation; Grammaticalization of perspectivity; Part B: Perspectivation in discourse and interaction; Verbal practices of perspective grounding.