Fixed Expressions : Building Language Structure and Social Action.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (246 pages)
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series ; v.315 .
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series .
Intro -- Fixed Expressions -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. 'I understand'-initiated formulations of the other -- chapter 3. Exploration into a new understanding of 'zero anaphora' in Japanese everyday talk -- chapter 4. Formulaicity without expressed multiword units -- chapter 5. English why don't you X as a formulaic expression -- chapter 6. When an expression becomes fixed -- chapter 7. The Finnish projector phrase se että as a fixed expression -- chapter 8. Self-addressed questions as fixed expressions for epistemic stance marking in Japanese conversation -- Index.