Persuading and arguing with the reader
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Krisda Chaemsaithong
Abstract
Integrating Goffman’s concept of footing (1981), this chapter examines textually monologic – but conceptually dialogic – prefatory materials of Early Modern English witchcraft pamphlets (1566 to 1621) and explicates how pamphleteers consistently invoke and inhabit different speaking roles to set up fictive exchanges with imagined addressees. By alternating between speaking perspectives during such fictive interaction, the pamphleteer is able to persuade and argue with the here-and-now reader, thereby promoting the reception of the main text.
Abstract
Integrating Goffman’s concept of footing (1981), this chapter examines textually monologic – but conceptually dialogic – prefatory materials of Early Modern English witchcraft pamphlets (1566 to 1621) and explicates how pamphleteers consistently invoke and inhabit different speaking roles to set up fictive exchanges with imagined addressees. By alternating between speaking perspectives during such fictive interaction, the pamphleteer is able to persuade and argue with the here-and-now reader, thereby promoting the reception of the main text.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xi
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Part I. Introduction
- Fictive interaction and the conversation frame 3
- Fictive interaction and the nature of linguistic meaning 23
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Part II. Fictive interaction as cognitive reality
- Generic integration templates for fictive communication 45
- Real, imaginary, or fictive? 63
- Silent abstractions versus “ Look at me ” drawings 87
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Part III. Fictive interaction as discourse structure
- Persuading and arguing with the reader 113
- Invocation or apostrophe? 131
- On discourse-motivated “sorries” 151
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Part IV. Fictive interaction as linguistic construction
- What about? 171
- Fictive questions in conditionals? 193
- Intonation of fictive vs. actual direct speech in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus 215
- Polish nominal construction involving fictive interaction 235
- Evidential fictive interaction (in Ungarinyin and Russian) 255
- Recursive inflection and grammaticalized fictive interaction in the southwestern Amazon 277
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Part V. Fictive interaction as communicative strategy
- “Say hello to this ad” 303
- The use of interactive structures as communicative strategy in Dutch and Portuguese aphasic speakers 323
- Echolalia as communicative strategy 343
- About the contributors 363
- Author index 369
- Language index 375
- Subject index 377
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xi
-
Part I. Introduction
- Fictive interaction and the conversation frame 3
- Fictive interaction and the nature of linguistic meaning 23
-
Part II. Fictive interaction as cognitive reality
- Generic integration templates for fictive communication 45
- Real, imaginary, or fictive? 63
- Silent abstractions versus “ Look at me ” drawings 87
-
Part III. Fictive interaction as discourse structure
- Persuading and arguing with the reader 113
- Invocation or apostrophe? 131
- On discourse-motivated “sorries” 151
-
Part IV. Fictive interaction as linguistic construction
- What about? 171
- Fictive questions in conditionals? 193
- Intonation of fictive vs. actual direct speech in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus 215
- Polish nominal construction involving fictive interaction 235
- Evidential fictive interaction (in Ungarinyin and Russian) 255
- Recursive inflection and grammaticalized fictive interaction in the southwestern Amazon 277
-
Part V. Fictive interaction as communicative strategy
- “Say hello to this ad” 303
- The use of interactive structures as communicative strategy in Dutch and Portuguese aphasic speakers 323
- Echolalia as communicative strategy 343
- About the contributors 363
- Author index 369
- Language index 375
- Subject index 377
