Constructing collectivity : 'we' across languages and contexts /

This chapter examines the referential domain, communicative function and perlocutionary effect of the first person plural pronoun we in dialogic and monologic British political discourse. Its methodological framework is an integrated one, combining interactional sociolinguistics, in particular co-oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pavlidou, Theodossia
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond new series ; 239.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=700628
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Semantic and pragmatic perspectives on 'we'
  • part II. Interactional perspectives on 'we'
  • part III. Genre-specific perspectives on 'we.'