Sakita, Tomoko I. <br/><br/>
Reporting discourse, tense, and cognition / 
by Tomoko I. Sakita. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Boston :  Elsevier,  2002. 
 - xiii, 290 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-282) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Summary of contrasts<br/>Weak vs. strong attitude<br/>Degrees of assuredness in I don't know<br/>Degrees of firmness in negation and affirmation<br/>Degrees of upset in exclamation<br/>Summary of contrasts<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>Consciousness Flow, Discourse Acts, and Tense<br/>Overview<br/>Discourse organization units<br/>Consciousness flow in discourse<br/>Consciousness flow in narrative dialogues<br/>Consciousness flow in exchanges<br/>Adjacency pair<br/>Three-part exchange<br/>Consciousness flow over a series of remarks<br/>In a single speaker's speech<br/>Over a series of remarks<br/>Consciousness flow in repetition of dialogue-introducers<br/>Pre-posing double dialogue-introducers<br/>Post-posing dialogue-introducers<br/>At restatements<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>Tense in Indirect Reporting Discourse<br/>Overview<br/>Treatments of tense in grammar<br/>Pragmatic view<br/>Declerck's hypothesis<br/>Tense in discourse<br/>Prevalence of speaker's viewpoint<br/>Avoidance of the past perfect tense<br/>Discourse functional use of the past perfect tense<br/>Reporting clause as dialogue marker<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>Reporting Discourse Style and Function<br/>Overview<br/>General characterizations of reporting discourse style and function<br/>Theoretical backgrounds<br/>Pragmatic studies<br/><br/>Reporting style and structure<br/>Overview<br/>Preliminary study<br/>Experimental study<br/>Method<br/>Data analysis procedures<br/>Results<br/>Backgrounds of structural influence on style choice<br/>Summary<br/><br/>Reporting function and pattern<br/>Overview<br/>Method<br/>Reporting discourse functions<br/>Evidentiality<br/>Disagreement and persuasion<br/>Response<br/>Foreground and background information<br/>Showing climaxes or punch-lines<br/><br/>Exemplification and demonstration of emotion<br/>Dramatization<br/>Dramatizing imaginary and future events<br/>Dramatizing archetypical events<br/>Summary<br/><br/>Correlations between style and function<br/>Reporting discourse on continuum<br/>Style and function along a continuum.<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>Conclusion<br/>Summary of chapters<br/>Theoretical implications<br/>Future perspectives<br/>Notes<br/>Transcription Conventions<br/>References<br/>Author Index<br/>Subject Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>008044041X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002068371 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse.<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Tense.<br/>Discourse analysis--Psychological aspects.<br/>Language and languages--Style.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P301.5.I53  / S25 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>401.41 SAK