Miriam A. Locher
List of John Benjamins publications in which Miriam A. Locher is involved.
Book series
ISSN 0922-842X
Journal
Pragmatics and Translation
Edited by Miriam A. Locher, Daria Dayter and Thomas C. Messerli
This volume presents innovative research on the interface between pragmatics and translation. Taking a broad understanding of translation, papers are presented in four different parts. Part I focuses on interpreting; Part II centers on the translation of fictional and non-fictional texts and… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 337] 2023. vii, 336 pp.
Narrative Matters in Medical Contexts across Disciplines
Edited by Franziska Gygax and Miriam A. Locher
This collection of original chapters gives center stage to the concept of ‘narrative’ in medical contexts. The contributors come from the disciplines of literary and cultural studies, linguistics, psychology, and medicine and work with texts as diverse as autobiographies, graphic novels,… read more[Studies in Narrative, 20] 2015. vii, 217 pp.
Relational work in Facebook and discussion boards/fora
Edited by Miriam A. Locher, Brook Bolander and Nicole Höhn
Advice in Discourse
Edited by Holger Limberg and Miriam A. Locher
This multi-faceted collection of research papers on Advice in Discourse focuses on advisory practices in different contexts. Data is drawn from academic, educational and training settings, health-related practices, and computer-mediated communication. The languages involved are Cantonese, English,… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 221] 2012. ix, 376 pp.
Advice Online: Advice-giving in an American Internet health column
Miriam A. Locher
Advice Online presents a comprehensive study of advice-giving in one particular American Internet advice column, referred to as ‘Lucy Answers’. The discursive practice investigated is part of a professional and educational health program managed by an American university. The study provides… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 149] 2006. xvi, 277 pp.
2023 Chapter 1. Interpreting, translating, transferring: Introducing the collection Pragmatics and Translation Pragmatics and Translation, Locher, Miriam A., Daria Dayter and Thomas C. Messerli (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Chapter
This introduction positions the themes of the collection within the field of pragmatics and translation studies. It outlines the breadth of the field from interpreting to sensory translation and discusses novel papers in four different parts. In the first three parts, translation is defined as… read more
2023 Chapter 10. Contrastive analysis of English fan and professional subtitles of Korean TV drama Pragmatics and Translation, Locher, Miriam A., Daria Dayter and Thomas C. Messerli (eds.), pp. 221–248 | Chapter
We compare fan subtitles and subtitles produced by professionals in order to detect what concepts each of them foreground, and how they differ in register and in translation strategy. Differences are systematically explored with the help of corpus-assisted discourse analysis to contrast two sets… read more
2020 Chapter 8. The interpersonal effects of complimenting others and self-praise in online health settings Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise across Social Media: New contexts and new insights, Placencia, María Elena and Zohreh R. Eslami (eds.), pp. 189–212 | Chapter
This article investigates the pragmatic functions of complimenting and self-praise in two UK social media forums about smoking cessation, and responses to these speech acts. We compare these insights with other related e-health contexts (advice column, anti-smoking websites). Adopting an… read more
2015 “Peter is a dumb nut”: Status updates and reactions to them as ‘acts of positioning’ in Facebook Relational work in Facebook and discussion boards/fora, Locher, Miriam A., Brook Bolander and Nicole Höhn (eds.), pp. 99–122 | Article
This paper applies the theoretical concept of ‘acts of positioning’ (Davis & Harré 1990) to a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 474 status updates (SUs) taken from the Facebook Walls of twenty individuals living in Switzerland and the UK. Our aim is to analyze how individuals construct… read more
2015 Introduction to narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines Narrative Matters in Medical Contexts across Disciplines, Gygax, Franziska and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
This chapter introduces the collection on Narrative Matters across Disciplines in Medical Contexts and positions the interdisciplinary research subject. The chapter discusses the importance of narrative practices and supports the claim that ‘narrative’ should be given a central position within the… read more
2015 Humour in microblogging: Exploiting linguistic humour strategies for identity construction in two Facebook focus groups Participation in Public and Social Media Interactions, Dynel, Marta and Jan Chovanec (eds.), pp. 135–155 | Article
Research within interpersonal pragmatics highlights the relational aspect of
language in use (Locher and Graham 2010). While this focus has especially
been dealt with in politeness research, it can also be fruitfully combined with
the study of identity construction through language (see Locher… read more
2015 Introducing relational work in Facebook and discussion boards Relational work in Facebook and discussion boards/fora, Locher, Miriam A., Brook Bolander and Nicole Höhn (eds.), pp. 1–21 | Article
This paper functions as the introduction to the special issue on ‘relational work in Facebook and discussion boards’. We position our research endeavors within interpersonal pragmatics (see Locher and Graham 2010), by reviewing literature on politeness, impoliteness and relational work in the… read more
2015 A genre analysis of reflective writing texts by English medical students: What role does narrative play? Narrative Matters in Medical Contexts across Disciplines, Gygax, Franziska and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 141–164 | Article
This chapter reports on the study of reflective writing texts by English medical students on a memorable encounter with a patient. The texts offer crucial information on the ways in which future doctors interpret a patient’s narrative and reflect their own situation. Drawing on genre analysis and… read more
2012 Review of Culpeper & Kádár (2010): Historical (Im)Politeness Journal of Historical Pragmatics 13:1, pp. 169–172 | Review
2012 Chapter 1. Introduction to advice in discourse Advice in Discourse, Limberg, Holger and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Chapter