In:Constructing Collectivity: 'We' across languages and contexts
Edited by Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 239] 2014
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 27 February 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.239.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Constructing collectivity with ‘we’: An introduction
Part I. Semantic and pragmatic perspectives on ‘we’
Referentiality, predicate patterns, and functions of we-utterances in American English interactions
Singular perception, multiple perspectives through ‘we’: Constructing intersubjective meaning in English and German
Referential and functional aspects
of the Norwegian first person plural vi
Grammar, interaction, and context: Unmarked and marked uses of the first person
plural in Italian
The pragmatics of first person non-singular pronouns in Norf’k
Part II. Interactional perspectives on ‘we’
‘We’ as social categorization in Cha’palaa,
a language of Ecuador
Replying with the freestanding ‘we’
in Greek conversations
Establishing social groups in Hebrew: ‘We’ in political radio phone-in programs
Why ‘we’? Between person marking, ideology and politeness
in contemporary Polish
Children’s use of English we in a primary school in Wales
Part III. Genre-specific perspectives on ‘we’
“Nail polish – We’ve chosen the nicest shades for you!”: Editorial voice and ‘we’ in a Flemish women’s magazine
Author positioning and audience addressivity by means of ‘we’ in Greek academic discourse
Bulgarian ‘we’ and audience involvement
in academic writing
On the use of ‘we’ in Flemish World War II interviews
“Judge us on what we do”: The strategic use of collective we in British
political discourse
Author index
Subject index
