Toward Multimodal Pragmatics A Study of Illocutionary Force in Chinese Situated Discourse

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Synopsis

Classic pragmatic theories emphasize the linguistic aspect of illocutionary acts and forces. However, as multimodality has gained importance and popularity, multimodal pragmatics has quickly become a frontier of pragmatic studies. This book adds to this new research trend by offering a perspective of situated discourse in the Chinese context.
Using the multimodal corpus approach, this study examines how speakers use multiple devices to perform illocutionary acts and express illocutionary forces. Not only does the author use qualitative analysis to study the types, characteristics, and emergence patterns of illocutionary forces, he also performs a quantitative, corpus-based analysis of the interaction of illocutionary forces, emotions, prosody, and gestures. The results show that illocutionary forces are multimodal in nature while meaning in discourse is created through an interplay of an array of modalities.
Students and scholars of pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and Chinese linguistics will benefit from this title.

Book details

Series:
China Perspectives
Author:
Lihe Huang
ISBN:
9781000515794
Related ISBNs:
9781032170923, 9781032170916, 9781003251774
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
338
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-12-30
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2022
Copyright by:
Lihe Huang 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Language Arts, Nonfiction, Sociology