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dc.contributor.creatorClancy, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-31T15:13:20Z
dc.date.available2018-10-31T15:13:20Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationBrian Clancy (2011) 'Complementary perspectives on hedging behaviour in family discourse: The analytical synergy of variational pragmatics and corpus linguistics'. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 16(3), pp. 371-390. DOI: 10.1075/ijcl.16.3.05cla.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10395/2334
dc.descriptionComplementary perspectives on hedging behaviour in family discourse: The analytical synergy of variational pragmatics and corpus linguisticsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that corpus linguistics offers a methodology which benefits variational pragmatic analysis in a number of ways. Corpus linguistic tools such as word frequency lists allow the researcher to construct a detailed “pragmatic profile” of a word, cluster or act. This, coupled with the fact that most corpora are constructed to be representative of a particular language variety, facilitates an accurate account of language-use differences across various social categories. Pragmatic analysis relies heavily on context for its interpretation. Therefore, an illustrative case study of two corpora representing spoken language recorded in the home environment, one from a middle class Irish family and one from a family from the Irish Traveller Community will be utilised in order to elucidate the benefits of the synergy of corpus linguistics and variational pragmatics. Specifically, the variational distribution of the occurrences of hedges across these two distinct cultural groupings will be examined.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Benjaminsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries16;3
dc.rights.urihttps://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.16.3.05claen_US
dc.subjectVariational pragmaticsen_US
dc.subjectPolitenessen_US
dc.subjectHedgesen_US
dc.subjectFamily discourseen_US
dc.titleComplementary perspectives on hedging behaviour in family discourse: The analytical synergy of variational pragmatics and corpus linguistics (Pre-published version)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.type.supercollectionmic_published_revieweden_US
dc.description.versionYesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1075/ijcl.16.3.05cla


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