Whales, Candlelight, and Stuff Like That: General Extenders in English Discourse (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

This innovative work provides the first comprehensive account of general extenders (''or something,'' ''and stuff,'' ''or whatever''). Combining insights from linguistics, cognitive psychology, and interactional sociolinguistics, the author demonstrates that these small phrases are not simply vague expressions, but have a powerful role in making interpersonal communication work. The audience for this book includes linguists, scholars of English, teachers of English as a first and a second language, sociolinguists, psycholinguists, and communications researchers. 9780195125740 Contents 10 Transcription Conventions 12 Part One: Preliminaries 14 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 16 Part Two: Ideational Function 32 CHAPTER 2 Vague Language and List Construction 34 CHAPTER 3 Category Implication 44 CHAPTER 4 Category Inference 60 Part Three: Interpersonal Function 76 CHAPTER 5 Intersubjectivity 78 CHAPTER 6 Expectations, Evaluations, and Emphasis 92 CHAPTER 7 Politeness 110 CHAPTER 8 The Maxim of Quality and Disjunctive General Extenders 124 CHAPTER 9 The Maxim of Quantity and Adjunctive General Extenders 138 Part Four: Conclusion 154 CHAPTER 10 Summary 156 Notes 166 References 170 Index 180 A 180 B 180 C 180 D 181 E 181 F 181 G 181 H 181 I 182 J 182 K 182 L 182 M 182 N 182 O 182 P 183 Q 183 R 183 S 183 T 183 V 184 W 184 Y 184 Z 184 # Publisher: Oxford University Press,USA # Number Of Pages: 184 # Publication Date: 2000-02-17 Contents......Page 10 Transcription Conventions......Page 12 Part One: Preliminaries......Page 14 CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 16 Part Two: Ideational Function......Page 32 CHAPTER 2 Vague Language and List Construction......Page 34 CHAPTER 3 Category Implication......Page 44 CHAPTER 4 Category Inference......Page 60 Part Three: Interpersonal Function......Page 76 CHAPTER 5 Intersubjectivity......Page 78 CHAPTER 6 Expectations, Evaluations, and Emphasis......Page 92 CHAPTER 7 Politeness......Page 110 CHAPTER 8 The Maxim of Quality and Disjunctive General Extenders......Page 124 CHAPTER 9 The Maxim of Quantity and Adjunctive General Extenders......Page 138 Part Four: Conclusion......Page 154 CHAPTER 10 Summary......Page 156 Notes......Page 166 References......Page 170 C......Page 180 H......Page 181 O......Page 182 T......Page 183 Z......Page 184