PubData Leuphana Repository: Variational Pragmatics

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Resource type	Book Chapter
Title(s)	Variational Pragmatics
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-209
Handle	20.500.14123/240
Creator	Barron, Anne 0000-0003-2962-7985 (Institute of English Studies (IES), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 02w2y2t16)
Abstract	Variational pragmatics is a field of study that aims to systematically describe synchronic variation in the patterns of human interaction within one language due to such factors as region, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic identity and age. It is situated at the interface of pragmatics and modern dialectology. Variational pragmatics, like cross-cultural pragmatics, historical pragmatics, intercultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and postcolonial pragmatics, is a branch of pragmatics. In variational pragmatics, as in modern dialectology, five macro-social factors are distinguished as having a systematic influence on the conventions of language use. These are region, social class, ethnicity, gender and age, although further factors, such as education and religion, may also represent extensions to the list. Variational pragmatics distinguishes five levels of analysis, namely the formal level, the actional level, the interactional level, the topic level and the organisational level, without wanting to exclude alternative levels of analysis. Propositional content is a further important criterion in identifying illocutionary force.
Language	English
Year of publication in PubData	2024
Publishing type	Parallel publication
Publication version	Accepted version
Date issued	2017-02-08
Creation context	Research
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Field	Value
Resource type	Book
Title of the resource type	The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
Identifier	DOI: 10.4324/9781315668925-10
Publication year	2017
Pages	91 - 104
Publisher	Routledge
Place of publication	London