Subject: new books : pragmatics & discourse

we would like to bring to your attention to two new publications from john benjamins publishing in the field of pragmatics & discourse : deixis and information packaging in russian discourse . lenore grenoble 1998 xviii , 338 pp . pragmatics & beyond new series , 50 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 812 4 price : us $ 85 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 5063 4 price : nlg 170 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com the role deixis plays in structuring language and its relation to the context of utterance provides the focus for an examination of information packaging in russian discourse . the analysis is based on a model which interprets discourse as constituted by four interrelated frameworks - the linguistic text , the text setting , the text content and the participant framework . the function of discourse particles . a study with special reference to spoken standard french maj - britt mosegaard hansen 1998 xii , 418 pp . pragmatics & beyond new series , 53 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 815 9 price : us $ 85 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 5066 9 price : nlg 170 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this monograph aims to contribute to linguistic knowledge about the distribution and function of discourse particles , particularly with respect to a small group of particles which are highly frequent in contemporary spoken standard french . the author discusses categories of particles , instructional semantics , the difference between speech and writing , the delimitation of discourse units , competing approaches to discourse structure and to coherence , and methodology are discussed extensively . this is followed by an-depth corpus-based analyses of six french discourse particles , namely bon , ben , eh bien , puis , donc , and alors , as used in non-elicited native-speaker interaction . hedging in scientific research articles ken hyland 1998 x , 308 pp . pragmatics & beyond new series , 54 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 816 7 price : us $ 69 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 5067 7 price : nlg 138 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this is a comprehensive study of hedging in academic research papers , relating a systematic analysis of forms to a pragmatic explanation for their use . the study shows that the extensive use of possibility and tentativeness in research writing is intimately connected to the social and institutional practices of academic communities , and is at the heart of how knowledge comes to be socially accredited through texts . the study identifies the major forms , functions and distribution of hedges and explores the research article genre in detail to present an explanatory framework . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bernadette martinez - keck tel : ( 215 ) 836-1200 publicity / marketing fax : ( 215 ) 836-1204 john benjamins north america e-mail : bernie @ benjamins . com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 19118-0519 check out the john benjamins web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com
