Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Section I. Discourse structure and verbal interaction
5. The encoding and signalling of discourse relations in argumentative discourse 13
6. A typological approach to the encoding of motion events 45
7. Contrastive analysis of interactional discourse markers in English and Spanish newspaper texts 75
8. “God that came out quick didn’t it eh” 109
9. The use of tag questions in the oral production of L2 English learners 145
10. “Okay … so … nice to meet you? {smiles}” 171
11. Section II. Evaluation and engagement
12. Lexis and grammar as complementary discourse systems for expressing stance and evaluation 201
13. Emotion and appraisal processes in language 227
14. Empathy versus engagement 251
15. Two dimensions of language intensity in evaluative discourse 273
16. Name index 297
17. Subject Index 301