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Zusatztext Pragmatic Particles timely brings to the forefront of discussion the multidimensionality of Asian languages within the realm of contemporary linguistics. By challenging verb-centric, sentence-bound analyses which permeate the prevailing Euro-centric views on linguistic theory and application, this book offers both theoretical and empirical insight into researching Asian languages. It takes an accessible approach to the subject and encourages readers to re-evaluate the treatment of linguistic data, while critically guiding them through this process. Whether you have a budding curiosity for linguistic theory or a deep interest in the socio-pragmatic elements of language, I highly recommend you to read this book. Informationen zum Autor Jieun Kiaer is Professor in Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of Pragmatic Syntax (2014), Pragmatic Particles: Findings from Asian Languages (2020), Emoji Speak (2023), The Future of Syntax: Asian Perspectives in an AI Age (2023) and Conversing in the Metaverse: The Embodied Future of Online Communication (2024), all published with Bloomsbury Academic. Zusammenfassung Pragmatic Particles sheds new light on the linguistic theory and application of Asian languages with a particular focus on the role of particles and their socio-pragmatic nature. Drawing on a range of data that spans Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkish and beyond, the multidimensionality of Asian languages is brought to attention. Particles are central in this discourse and their constructive, expressive and attitudinal behaviours are revealed to be neither arbitrary nor peripheral. By branching away from a predominantly Euro-centric discussion and covering the relevant formal and functional foundations of syntax and semantics, this book offers an alternative lens to the appropriate treatment of Asian languages in contemporary linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface1. Introduction2. Modelling Flexible Word Orders3. Efficiency Grammar4. Multi-Dimensional Meanings5. Socio-Pragmatic Meanings6. Particles as a Meaning Complex7. Pragmatic Syntax8. Constructive Particles and Syntactic Fluidity9. Expressive Particles and Socio-Pragmatic ComplexityEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex...
