Reflexively Speaking

Download or read book Reflexively Speaking written by Anna Mauranen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflexive language - the capacity of language to speak about itself - is unique to human languages; yet little is known of its use in actual dialogue. Fundamental features of language are manifest in dialogic speech and in lingua francas. Both are taken on board in this book, which radically widens our conception of reflexivity in discourse. Reflexivity, or metadiscourse, is central to successful communication. It is also vital in understanding academic argumentation, essential to academic self-understanding, and at the same time it has wide applications.