Doing Pragmatics by Grundy Peter

Author:Grundy, Peter [Grundy, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2013-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

If we reconsider

(29) There must therefore be a very good case for not allowing anyone to proceed to Year 3

we see that the function of ‘therefore’ isn’t only metapragmatic. As well as its procedural function in helping us to interpret the proposition in an appropriate context, ‘therefore’ also marks a formulation consequent on what has gone before and as such has a metasequential function. We shouldn’t be surprised to find that an expression has two functions – after all, speakers are simultaneously conveying pragmatic meanings and ensuring the procedural consequentiality of the talk exchanges or written discourse to which they are contributing.

Keyword:

Formulation: a method used in talk for indicating the significance or consequentiality of what’s been said previously. Formulations are often signalled metasequentially by so.

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