Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introducing metapragmatics in use 1
5. Part A. Metapragmatics in everyday use
6. "Don't blame me for criticizing you ... ": A study of metapragmatic comments in Thai 29
7. Facework and multiple selves in apologetic metapragmatic comments in Japanese 49
8. Metapragmatic function of quotative markers in Japanese 73
9. Metapragmatic utterances in computer-mediated interaction 87
10. On the metapragmatics of gestures 107
11. Language shift in conversation as a metapragmatic comment 129
12. Part B. Metapragmatics in educational use
13. Metapragmatic comments in institutional talk: A comparative analysis across settings 143
14. Metapragmatic expressions in physics lectures: Integrating representations, guiding processing, and assigning participant roles 167
15. The acquisition of metapragmatic abilities in preschool children 199
16. Part C. Metapragmatics in specialized use
17. 'So your story now is that ... ': Metapragmatic framing strategies in courtroom interrogation 223
18. A metapragmatic examination of therapist reformulations 235
19. Building common ground through metapragmatic comments in international project work 263
20. Author index 293
21. Subject index 297