Reviewing Linguistic Thought: Converging Trends for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Introduction: Converging trends for 21st century linguistics: A theoretical background Part I : Relaxing level boundaries Eve Sweetser Putting the "same" meaning together from different pieces Klaus-Uwe Panther and Linda L. Thornburg Motivation and convention in some speech-act constructions: A cognitive-linguistic approach Bert Cornillie Subjectivity in Spanish esperar -based constructions Part II : Focusing on level interaction Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt Prolegomena to Default Semantics Eliza Kitisand Anastasios Tsangalidis Expressivity as an option of tense-aspect in language: The case of Modern Greek imperfective past Michalis Georgiafentis Focus: The interplay of phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics Part III : Drawing on different theories Michiel Leezenberg Greek tragedy as impolite conversation: Towards a practice approach in linguistic theory Marina Terkourafi Pragmatic correlates of frequency of use: The case for a notion of "minimal context" Chryssoula Lascaratouand Sophia Marmaridou Metaphor in Greek pain-constructions: Cognitive and functional perspectives Svetlana Kurtes Contrastive Linguistics: A 21st century perspective Part IV : Exploring field interaction Anastasios F. Christidis The nature of language: Twentieth century approaches Nick Enfield Micro- and macro-dimensions in linguistic systems Joel Walters Bilingualism as matchmaker: Towards a marriage of sociopragmatic and psycholinguistic research Alexandra Kallia The social and psychological modalities of politeness Part V : Interdisciplinary perspectives on modularity Deirdre Wilson New dimensions for research on pragmatics and modularity Elly Ifantidou Heresay devices and metarepresentation