About the contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Part I. Introduction
6. Fictive interaction and the conversation frame 3
7. Fictive interaction and the nature of linguistic meaning 23
8. Part II. Fictive interaction as cognitive reality
9. Generic integration templates for fictive communication 45
10. Real, imaginary, or fictive? 63
11. Silent abstractions versus “ Look at me ” drawings 87
12. Part III. Fictive interaction as discourse structure
13. Persuading and arguing with the reader 113
14. Invocation or apostrophe? 131
15. On discourse-motivated “sorries” 151
16. Part IV. Fictive interaction as linguistic construction
17. What about? 171
18. Fictive questions in conditionals? 193
19. Intonation of fictive vs. actual direct speech in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus 215
20. Polish nominal construction involving fictive interaction 235
21. Evidential fictive interaction (in Ungarinyin and Russian) 255
22. Recursive inflection and grammaticalized fictive interaction in the southwestern Amazon 277
23. Part V. Fictive interaction as communicative strategy
24. “Say hello to this ad” 303
25. The use of interactive structures as communicative strategy in Dutch and Portuguese aphasic speakers 323
26. Echolalia as communicative strategy 343
27. About the contributors 363
28. Author index 369
29. Language index 375
30. Subject index 377