The multifaceted and heterogeneous category of common ground is central to theories of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse and context. This book addresses current approaches to common ground from the novel perspective of lexical markers. The edited volume falls in two parts. The first part addresses the relationship between mechanisms of grounding and reference to common ground. The second part examines different types of common ground. It is shown that the investigation of lexical markers provides a novel perspective for investigating the relationship between grounding, common ground and common grounds. Contributions are by Sherri L. Condon and Claude G. Cech, Anita Fetzer, Kerstin Fischer, Francois Nemo, Thanh Nyan, Moeko Okada, Carlos Rodriguez Penagos, Karin Pittner and Thora Tenbrink. It reviews current approaches to common ground from the perspective of lexical markers. It is organized into two parts that discuss the relationship between mechanisms of grounding. It is a reference to common ground and the different types of common ground. It reflects current trends in the field that cross methodological boundaries and integrate cognition, context, genre, negotiation of meaning, and dialogue.
Author(s): Anita Fetzer, Kerstin Fischer
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 214
Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
2. Common ground in context......Page 12
3. Grounding and different types of common ground......Page 16
4. Lexical markers......Page 18
5. Lexical markers of common ground(s)......Page 20
References......Page 23
Part 1 Grounding and Common Ground......Page 26
1. Introduction......Page 28
2. Discourse ok and common ground......Page 30
3. Methods......Page 34
4. Results......Page 39
5. Conclusions......Page 52
References......Page 54
2. Grounding and common ground......Page 58
3. Modal particles as lexical markers of common grounds......Page 61
5. English equivalents to german modal particles......Page 66
6. Pragmatic markers and the relationship between grounding and common ground......Page 72
References......Page 74
1. Introduction......Page 78
2. Recent developments in common ground......Page 79
3. Medial doch in german......Page 80
4. Previous analyses......Page 81
5. Towards an integrated analysis......Page 83
6. Stressed doch......Page 91
7. Summary......Page 95
References......Page 96
1. Introduction......Page 100
2. Formal and cognitive properties of metalanguage......Page 101
3. Negotiating meaning and common ground......Page 103
4. Metalinguistic exchanges as speech acts......Page 108
5. Explicit metalinguistic operations: A lexical axis for predication......Page 111
6. Disambiguating lexical markers in the MOP system......Page 118
7. Studying common ground through knowledge of language......Page 119
References......Page 120
1. Introduction......Page 124
2. Basic notions......Page 125
3. Speakers’ strategies and listeners’ reactions in actual discourse......Page 130
4. Before and after......Page 132
5. Corpus investigation......Page 134
6. Conclusion......Page 142
Bibliography......Page 143
Appendix......Page 145
Part 2 Common Grounds......Page 152
1. Defining common ground......Page 154
2. Lexical markers......Page 166
References......Page 167
1. Introduction......Page 170
2. Common ground in context......Page 171
3. Reformulation and dialogue......Page 176
4. Reformulations in dialogue......Page 184
5. Conclusion......Page 189
References......Page 190
1. Introduction......Page 194
2. Latent misunderstanding and dramatic irony......Page 195
3. Context and contextual effects......Page 196
4. The analysis......Page 198
5. Conclusion......Page 203
References......Page 204
1. Introduction......Page 206
3. Supporting structures and mechanisms......Page 210
4. Argumentative discourse and decision-making......Page 213
5. Conclusion......Page 219
References......Page 220
Index......Page 222
