Jan-Ola Östman

List of John Benjamins publications in which Jan-Ola Östman is involved.

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Constructional Approaches to Language

Edited by Mirjam Fried and Remi van Trijp

ISSN 1573-594X
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Handbook of Pragmatics

Edited by Frank Brisard, Jana Declercq, Sigurd D’hondt and Mieke Vandenbroucke

ISSN 1877-9611
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Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights

Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman

ISSN 1877-654X

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Constructions and Frames

Edited by Francesca Masini and Bracha Nir

ISSN 1876-1933 | E‑ISSN 1876‑1941

Online Resource

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Handbook of Pragmatics Online

Edited by Frank Brisard, Pedro Gras, Sigurd D’hondt and Mieke Vandenbroucke

E‑ISSN 1877‑9611
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Identity Perspectives from Peripheries

Edited by Yoshiko Matsumoto and Jan-Ola Östman

Data dubbed “peripheral” or previously unaccounted for have inspired new methods, new models and theories of language and new ways of understanding language and communication within pragmatics. The chapters in the volume extend this perspective to include language users and their identities as… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 352] 2025. vii, 295 pp.
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Risk Discourse and Responsibility

Edited by Annelie Ädel and Jan-Ola Östman

The widespread view that risk is highly relevant in late modern societies has also meant that the very study of risk has become central in many areas of social studies. The key aim of this book is to establish Risk Discourse as a field of research of its own in language studies. Risk Discourse is… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 336] 2023. vii, 260 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 24th Annual Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access – for scholars with widely divergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 24] 2022. xiii, 284 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual. Second edition

Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman

The Manual section of the Handbook of Pragmatics, produced under the auspices of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), is a collection of articles describing traditions, methods, and notational systems relevant to the field of linguistic pragmatics; the main body of the Handbook contains… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, M2] 2022. xxi, 1882 pp. (2 vols.)
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access – for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 23] 2020. xiii, 272 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 22nd Annual Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access – for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 22] 2019. xiii, 264 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 21st Annual Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 21] 2018. xi, 285 pp.
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Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names

Edited by Terhi Ainiala and Jan-Ola Östman

The volume seeks to establish socio-onomastics as a field of linguistic inquiry not only within sociolinguistics, but also, and in particular, within pragmatics. The linguistic study of names has a very long history, but also a history sometimes fraught with skepticism, and thus often neglected by… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 275] 2017. vi, 231 pp.
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Constructions across Grammars

Edited by Martin Hilpert and Jan-Ola Östman

Up to now, most research in Construction Grammar has focused on single languages, most notably English. This volume aims to broaden the scope of Construction Grammar towards issues in bi- and multilingualism, second language learning, and generalizations across different languages and language… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 82] 2016. v, 206 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2016 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 20] 2016. viii, 220 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2015 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 19] 2015. viii, 240 pp.
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Reflections on Constructions across Grammars

Edited by Martin Hilpert and Jan-Ola Östman

Special issue of Constructions and Frames 6:2 (2014) v, 201 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2014 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 18] 2014. viii, 270 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2013 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 17] 2013. xiii, 268 pp.
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Pragmaticizing Understanding: Studies for Jef Verschueren

Edited by Michael Meeuwis and Jan-Ola Östman

The ideas that mark modern-day pragmatics are old, but did not start to get more systematically developed until the 1960s and 1970s. Still, the very recognition of pragmatics as a self-standing academic discipline is a product of the 1980s, not least made possible by the establishment of the… read more
[Not in series, 170] 2012. vi, 230 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2012 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 16] 2012. 248 pp.
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Pragmatics in Practice

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thereby attempting to divide up its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 9] 2011. xi, 326 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2011 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 15] 2011. vi, 303 pp.
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Philosophical Perspectives for Pragmatics

Edited by Marina Sbisà, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural, variational,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 10] 2011. xv, 318 pp.
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Discursive Pragmatics

Edited by Jan Zienkowski, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 8] 2011. xv, 307 pp.
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Variation and Change: Pragmatic perspectives

Edited by Mirjam Fried, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of the Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, cultural,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 6] 2010. x, 275 pp.
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Society and Language Use

Edited by Jürgen Jaspers, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, cultural,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 7] 2010. xiii, 324 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2010 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 14] 2010. 520 pp.
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Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics

Edited by Frank Brisard, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, cultural, social, variational, interactional,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 5] 2009. xiii, 308 pp.
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The Pragmatics of Interaction

Edited by Sigurd D’hondt, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 4] 2009. xiii, 262 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 13] 2009. vi, 421 pp.
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Cognition and Pragmatics

Edited by Dominiek Sandra, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, grammatical, social, variational, interactional, or… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 3] 2009. xvii, 399 pp.
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Culture and Language Use

Edited by Gunter Senft, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, variational,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 2] 2009. xiii, 280 pp.
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Key Notions for Pragmatics

Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 1] 2009. xiii, 253 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2008 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 12] 2008. vii, 200 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2007 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 11] 2007. vi, 315 pp. (incl. binder)
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 10] 2006. vi, 500 pp.
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Construction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Mirjam Fried

The notion ‘construction’ has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. This volume extends the traditional domain of Construction Grammar (CxG) in several directions, all with a cognitive basis. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse… read more
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 3] 2005. viii, 325 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2003–2005 Installment

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 9] 2005. 311 pp. (incl. binder)
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Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective

Edited by Mirjam Fried and Jan-Ola Östman

This volume gives an easily accessible, yet comprehensive, sophisticated, and example-rich introduction to Construction Grammar as it has been developed from the early 1980’s by Charles J. Fillmore and his associates. It also provides a succinct account of the historical and intellectual background… read more
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 2] 2004. vi, 209 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2002 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 8] 2003. viii, 402 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2001 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 7] 2003. vi, 299 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics Online

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use, using the authoritative Handbook of Pragmatics as a basis (edited by the IPrA Research Center since 1995).It provides easy access… read more
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 2000 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 6] 2002. iv, 298 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 1999 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 5] 2001. vi, 282 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 1998 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 4] 2000. vi, 342 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 1997 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 3] 1999. 297 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 1996 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 2] 1997. vi, 268 pp.
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Handbook of Pragmatics: 1995 Installment

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen

This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access — for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, 1] 1996. 336 pp. + Binder
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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual

Edited by Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert †

The Handbook of Pragmatics, published under the auspices of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), provides easy access, for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with converging interests in the use and functioning of language, to the field of linguistic pragmatics, broadly… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics, M] 1995. xiv, 658 pp.
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You Know: A discourse-functional approach

Jan-Ola Östman

The basic function the expression you know serves in conversational discourse is said to be that of a pragmatic particle used when the speaker wants the addressee to accept as mutual knowledge (or at least be cooperative with respect to) the propositional content of his utterance. The fact that you… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond, II:7] 1981. ix, 91 pp.
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Matsumoto, Yoshiko and Jan-Ola Östman 2025 Chapter 1. Identities and peripheriesIdentity Perspectives from Peripheries, Matsumoto, Yoshiko and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 2–15 | Chapter
The basic tenet of the present volume is to focus on the impact of different kinds of peripheries and margins in society in order to acquire a better understanding of what we might want to talk about as core properties in human (linguistic) behavior. In particular, the volume seeks an… read more
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Östman, Jan-Ola 2025 Chapter 2. Identity glocalization in rural peripheriesIdentity Perspectives from Peripheries, Matsumoto, Yoshiko and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 18–35 | Chapter
The study argues for the importance of putting identity back as a presupposed perspective on language. The prototypical “periphery” of dialects (as against standard languages) is taken as the starting point from where an argument in favor of the importance of a glocal view on language and… read more
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Helena Halmari 2025 Chapter 10. Death-Row inmates’ last statements: Establishing identity through expressions of responsibilityIdentity Perspectives from Peripheries, Matsumoto, Yoshiko and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 218–234 | Chapter
The study uses different types of responsibility and their linguistic manifestations as discourse analytic tools to get at a deeper understanding of a highly atypical genre: the last statements by inmates in Texas who are about to be executed. The data consist of transcribed last statements (a… read more
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Tuija Virtanen 2024 Nils Erik EnkvistHandbook of Pragmatics: 27th Annual Installment, Vandenbroucke, Mieke, Jana Declercq, Frank Brisard and Sigurd D’hondt (eds.), pp. 87–99 | Chapter
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Ädel, Annelie, Jan-Ola Östman and Catharina Nyström Höög 2023 Chapter 1. From risk and responsibility to risk discourseRisk Discourse and Responsibility, Ädel, Annelie and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 2–37 | Chapter
Risk communication is widely researched in the social sciences, but in linguistics the study of how risk is communicated has not yet formed a coherent field of its own. In this chapter, we approach risk from a discourse perspective, aiming to promote the establishment of risk discourse as a… read more
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Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman 2022 Contact linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 325–332 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen 2022 Firthian linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 558–562 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Tuija Virtanen 2022 Text and discourse linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1376–1393 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola 2020 Constructions as discourse-restrained flexible prototypesThe Wealth and Breadth of Construction-Based Research, Colleman, Timothy, Frank Brisard, Astrid De Wit, Renata Enghels, Nikos Koutsoukos, Tanja Mortelmans and María Sol Sansiñena (eds.), pp. 273–282 | Article
Constructions are abstractions of resources we have available as ways of expressing ourselves. The study argues for the feasibility of seeing constructions as flexible prototypes in terms of which we categorize the world: constructions have few if any necessary and sufficient conditions that are… read more
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The study takes the position that constructions (as form–meaning–function constellations) are not by definition language specific. This position is supported and illustrated with a case where different types of passive constructions in one language come in contact with ways of expressing comparable… read more
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Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman 2017 Chapter 1. Introduction: Socio-onomastics and pragmaticsSocio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
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Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman 2016 Reflections on Constructions across GrammarsConstructions across Grammars, Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Article
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Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman 2014 Reflections on Constructions across GrammarsReflections on Constructions across Grammars, Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 137–142 | Article
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Moring, Tom, Sebastian Godenhjelm, Saara Haapamäki, Jan Lindström, Jan-Ola Östman, Mirja Saari and Jenny Sylvin 2013 Chapter 14. Language policies in universities and their outcomes: The University of Helsinki in a Northern European contextExploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN project, Berthoud, Anne-Claude, François Grin and Georges Lüdi (eds.), pp. 299–322 | Article
This chapter explores multilingualism in higher education in the Nordic countries with a particular focus on the University of Helsinki. It applies policy analysis and discourse analytic approaches in an effort to scrutinize the existence of language policies at different levels (EU, national, and… read more
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Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman 2012 On how to pragmaticize understandingPragmaticizing Understanding: Studies for Jef Verschueren, Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Tuija Virtanen 2012 Text and discourse linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: 2012 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola 2011 Introduction: Pragmatics and praxisPragmatics in Practice, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Tuija Virtanen 2011 Text and discourse linguisticsDiscursive Pragmatics, Zienkowski, Jan, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 266–285 | Article
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Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman 2010 Contact linguisticsVariation and Change: Pragmatic perspectives, Fried, Mirjam, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 36–45 | Article
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Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman 2009 Contact linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen 2009 Firthian linguisticsCulture and Language Use, Senft, Gunter, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 140–145 | Article
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Leino, Jaakko and Jan-Ola Östman 2005 8. Constructions and variabilityGrammatical Constructions: Back to the roots, Fried, Mirjam and Hans C. Boas (eds.), pp. 191–213 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola 2005 Construction Discourse: A prolegomenonConstruction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions, Östman, Jan-Ola and Mirjam Fried (eds.), pp. 121–144 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola 2005 Persuasion as implicit anchoring: The case of collocationsPersuasion Across Genres: A linguistic approach, Halmari, Helena and Tuija Virtanen (eds.), pp. 183–212 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Mirjam Fried 2005 The Cognitive grounding of Constructional GrammarConstruction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions, Östman, Jan-Ola and Mirjam Fried (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Chapter
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Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman 2004 Chapter 2. Construction Grammar: A thumbnail sketchConstruction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective, Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 10–85 | Chapter
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Mirjam Fried 2004 Chapter 1. Historical and intellectual background of Construction GrammarConstruction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective, Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Chapter
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Kuusisto, Pekka and Jan-Ola Östman 1997 The Media as Mediator: How foreigner discourse constructs ideology in Finnish newspapersPolitical Linguistics, Blommaert, Jan † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 157–182 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola 1996 Recasting the Deictic foundation, using physics and FinnishEssays in Semantics and Pragmatics: In honor of Charles J. Fillmore, Shibatani, Masayoshi and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 247–278 | Article
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Meeuwis, Michael and Jan-Ola Östman 1995 Contact linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 177–182 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen 1995 Firthian linguisticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 278–282 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola and Tuija Virtanen 1995 Discourse analysisHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 239–253 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola 1989 Testing Iconicity: Sentence Structure and PolitenessUniversals of Language, Kefer, Michel and Johan van der Auwera (eds.), pp. 145–163 | Article
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Östman, Jan-Ola 1987 8. Implicit involvement in interactive writingThe Pragmatic Perspective: Selected papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference, Verschueren, Jef and Marcella Bertuccelli Papi (eds.), pp. 155–178 | Chapter
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