Constructing collectivity
Subtitle: 'we' across languages and contexts
By: edited by Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Series: Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) -- volume 239
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9789027256447; 9789027270849
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Collective nouns
Description: Dedicated specifically to first person non-singular reference ('we').
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Constructing collectivity with 'we' : an introduction / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou; title: Referentiality, predicate patterns, and functions of we-utterances in American English interactions / Joanne Scheibman; title: Singular perception, multiple perspectives through 'we' : constructing intersubjective meaning in English and German / Richard Jason Whitt; title: Referential and functional aspects of the Norwegian first person plural vi / Kaja Borthen and Gøril Thomassen; title: Grammar, interaction, and context : unmarked and marked uses of the first person plural in Italian / Carla Bazzanella; title: The pragmatics of first person non-singular pronouns in Norf'k / Peter Mühlhäusler; title: 'We' as social categorization in Cha'palaa, a language of Ecuador / Simeon Floyd; title: Replying with the freestanding 'we' in Greek conversations / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou; title: Establishing social groups in Hebrew : 'we' in political radio phone-in programs / Gonen Dori-Hacohen; title: Why 'we'? between person marking, ideology and politeness in contemporary Polish / Anna Duszak; title: Children's use of English we in a primary school in Wales / Amanda Bateman; title: "Nail polish; title: we've chosen the nicest shades for you!" : editorial voice and 'we' in a Flemish women's magazine / Martina Temmerman; title: Author positioning and audience addressivity by means of 'we' in Greek academic discourse / Dimitra Vladimirou; title: Bulgarian 'we' and audience involvement in academic writing / Irena Vassileva; title: On the use of 'we' in Flemish World War II interviews / Dorien Van De Mieroop; title: "Judge us on what we do" : the strategic use of collective we in British political discourse / Anita Fetzer.