Subject: new books : pragmatics

john benjamins publishing would like to call your attention to the following new titles in the field of pragmatics : territory of information akio kamio 1997 227 pp . pragmatics and beyond , new series , 48 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 810 8 price : us $ 68 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 3039 0 price : hfl . 125 , - - john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com most higher animals are said to be territorial , as a huge amount of work in ethology has made it clear . human beings are no exceptions . they tend to occupy a certain space around them where they claim their own presence and exclude others quite naturally . if territory is so prevalent among higher animals including humans , then is n't it possible to observe its manifestations in aspects of human language ? territory of information starts from this fundamental question and attempts to demonstrate the key function of the concept of territory in the informational structure and syntax of natural language . it offers an anaysis of english , japanese , and chinese in terms of territory and shows its fundamental importance in the interface of information and syntax in these languages . moreover , it argues that the concept of territory plays a major role in the evidentiality of a number of languages and in the linguistic structure of politeness . it also makes much reference to discourse and conversational analysis . thus , this is a book which might interest readers concerned with pragmatics in general , the relationship between informational structure and syntax , evidentiality , politeness , discourse analysis , and conversational analysis . genre , frames and writing in research settings brian paltridge 1997 x , 192 pp . pragmatics & beyond new series , 45 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 807 8 price : us $ 49 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 5058 8 price : hfl . 80 , - - john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this book presents a perspective on genre based on what it is that leads users of a language to recognise a communicative event as an instance of a particular genre . key notions in this perspective are those of prototype , inheritance , and intertextuality ; that is , the extent to which a text is typical of the particular genre , the qualities or properties that are inherited from other instances of the communicative event , and the ways in which a text is influenced by other texts of a similar kind . the texts which form the basis of this discussion are drawn from experimental research reporting in english . contents : 1 . introduction 2 . approaches to genre 3 . genre and frames 4 . a sample analysis : writing up research 5 . summary and conclusions . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - anthony p . schiavo jr tel : ( 215 ) 836-1200 publicity / marketing fax : ( 215 ) 836-1204 john benjamins north america e-mail : tony @ benjamins . com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 19118-0519 check out the john benjamins web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com
