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Pejoration
Though “pejoration” is an important notion for linguistic analysis and theory, there is still a lack of theoretical understanding and sound descriptive analysis. In this timely collection, the phenomenon of pejoration is studied from a number of angles. It contains studies from phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and deals with diverse languages and their variants. The collection will appeal to all those linguists with a genuine interest in locating pejoration at the grammar-pragmatics interface.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 228] 2016. vii, 357 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 14 March 2016
Published online on 14 March 2016
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. vii–viii
- What is pejoration, and how can it be expressed in language?Rita Finkbeiner, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese | pp. 1–18
- Pejoration in different linguistic domains
- Pejorative prosodyWalter Sendlmeier, Ines Steffen and Astrid Bartels | pp. 21–40
- How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and ForschereiAntje Dammel and Olga Quindt | pp. 41–74
- Quantification with pejorativesDaniel Gutzmann and Eric McCready | pp. 75–102
- Pejoration, normalcy conceptions and generic sentencesFranz d’Avis | pp. 103–118
- Demonstrative pejorativesMaria Averintseva-Klisch | pp. 119–142
- Pejoration, slurring and sarcasm
- Slurring as insultingJörg Meibauer | pp. 145–166
- A multi-act perspective on slursMaria Paola Tenchini and Aldo Frigerio | pp. 167–186
- The meaning and use of slurs: An account based on empirical dataBjörn Technau | pp. 187–218
- Pejoration via sarcastic irony and sarcasmMarta Dynel | pp. 219–240
- Pejoration in different linguistic contexts
- Pejoration in contact: m-reduplication and other examples from urban GermanHeike Wiese and Nilgin Tanis Polat | pp. 243–268
- Bla, bla, bla in German. A pejorative construction?Rita Finkbeiner | pp. 269–300
- Pejoratives in KoreanHyun Jung Koo and Seongha Rhee | pp. 301–324
- Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogueRenate Fischer and Simon Kollien | pp. 325–354
- Index | pp. 355–357
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