Counter-Argumentation and Anaphoric Substitution: The Role of the Spanish Connective a pesar de ello

ISBN-13: 9783631904978 / Angielski

Gabriele Beck-Busse; Margarita Natalia Borreguero Zuloaga; Santiago del Rey Quesada

Opis

The book examines the role of the Spanish connective a pesar de ello in recovering counter-argumentative and anaphoric relations.

The study follows experimental pragmatics and the use of eye-tracking methods.

Results show limits of procedural instruction as affected by grammaticalization & anaphoric instruction.

Spis treści

Cognition, Inferential communication, Procedural meaning, Relevance, Anaphoric relations, Argumentative relations, Connectives, Anaphoric Pronouns, Coherence, Counter-argumentation, Denial of expectation, Direct contrast, Anaphora substitution, Grammaticalization, Accessibility, Eye-tracking, Reading processing, Experimental pragmatics, Marking Principles, Total reading time, First pass time, Re-reading time

O autorze

Luis Diego Guillén Jiménez is a professor at Costa Rica Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD from Heidelberg University, where he worked as part of the research group Diskurspartikeln und Kognition. His research interests include experimental pragmatics, cognition, discourse analysis, comprehension of scientific texts, and teaching English for specific and academic purposes.