Pragmatic Markers In Oral Narrative: The Case Of English And Catalan

Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Editor Andreas H. Jucker University of Zurich, English Department Plattenstrasse 47, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] Associate Editors Jacob L. Mey University of Southern Denmark Herman Parret Belgian National Science Foundation, Universities of Louvain and Antwerp Jef Verschueren Belgian National Science Foundation, University of Antwerp Editorial Board Shoshana Blum-Kulka Hebrew University of Jerusalem Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni University of Lyon 2 Jean Caron Université de Poitiers Claudia de Lemos University of Campinas, Brazil Robyn Carston University College London Marina Sbisà University of Trieste Bruce Fraser Boston University Emanuel Schegloff University of California at Los Angeles Thorstein Fretheim University of Trondheim Deborah Schiffrin Georgetown University John Heritage University of California at Los Angeles Paul O. Takahara Kansai Gaidai University Susan Herring University of Texas at Arlington Sandra Thompson University of California at Santa Barbara Masako K. Hiraga St.Paul’s (Rikkyo) University Teun A. Van Dijk Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona David Holdcroft University of Leeds Richard J. Watts University of Berne Sachiko Ide Japan Women’s University Volume 122 Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative: The case of English and Catalan by Montserrat González Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative The case of English and Catalan Montserrat González Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam
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Philadelphia 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Montserrat González Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative : The case of English and Catalan / Montserrat González. p. cm. (Pragmatics & Beyond, New Series, issn 0922-842X ; v. 122) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. English language--Spoken English. 2. English language--Grammar, Comparative--Catalan. 3. English language--Grammar, Comparative-English. 4. English language--Discourse analysis. 5. Catalan language-Discourse analysis. 6. Catalan language--Spoken Catalan. 7. Narration (Rhetoric). 8. Discourse markers. 9. Storytelling. PE1074.8 G66 2004 420/.141-dc22 isbn 90 272 5364 1 (Eur.) / 1 58811 519 4 (US) (Hb; alk. paper) 2004045510 © 2004 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa To Maria Condom Ginestera In Memoriam Contents Index of tables and figures Index of appendixes Acknowledgements xi xiv xv