The multifaceted and heterogeneous category of common ground is central to theories of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse and context. This book addresses current approaches to common ground from the novel perspective of lexical markers. The edited volume falls in two parts. The first part addresses the relationship between mechanisms of grounding and reference to common ground. The second part examines different types of common ground. It is shown that the investigation of lexical markers provides a novel perspective for investigating the relationship between grounding, common ground...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Sozialpadagogik / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Katholische Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Veranstaltung: Die Heiligen der Nachstenliebe - ihre Geschichte, ihre Ideen, 12 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Heilige werden vor allem in der katholischen Kirche besonders verehrt. Deutlich wird dies durch eine Vielzahl von Namens-, Kirchen- und Landerpatronen und eine bedeutende Anzahl an Heiligenfesten. In dieser Arbeit soll die Frage beantwortet werden, wie in der katholischen Kirche die Verfahren zur Selig- und...

This study asks how speakers adjust their speech to their addressees, focusing on the potential roles of cognitive representations such as partner models, automatic processes such as interactive alignment, and social processes such as interactional negotiation. The nature of addressee orientation is investigated on three candidates for so-called simplified registers: speech to children (also called motherese or baby talk), speech to foreigners (also called foreigner talk) and speech to robots. The volume integrates research from various disciplines, such as psychology,...