Language as dialogue
Subtitle: from rules to principles of probability
By: Edda Weigand ; edited by Sebastian Feller.
Contributors: Feller, Sebastian.
Series: Dialogue studies -- v. 5; Dialogue studies -- v. 5.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9789027210227
Subjects: Dialogue analysis
Description: "With her theory of 'Language as Dialogue', Edda Weigand has opened up a new and promising perspective in linguistic research and its neighbouring disciplines. Her model of 'competence-in-performance' solved the problem of how to bridge the gap between competence and performance and thus substantially shaped the way in which people look at language today." "This book traces Weigand's linguistic career from its beginning to today and comprises a selection of articles which take the reader on a vivid and fascinating journey through the most important stages of her theorizing. The articles cover a wide range of linguistic topics including, among others, speech act theory, lexical semantics, utterance grammar, emotions, the media, rhetoric and institutional communication. Editorial introductions give further information on the origin and theoretical background of the articles included."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.