Papers by Anne-Marie Vandenbergen
Handbook of pragmatics online, Aug 15, 2022
ABSTRACT This article is the guest editors' introduction to the special issue &am... more ABSTRACT This article is the guest editors' introduction to the special issue 'Language in epistemic access: Mobilising multilingualism and literacy development for more equitable education in South Africa'. The issue offers complementary perspectives on improving epistemic access for all learners but especially those whose home language does not match the language of learning. Plüddemann examines the complex configurations of ideological and structural factors in South African language policy processes and the diverse positions taken up by teachers in response. Makalela argues that a methodology that encourages translanguaging can overcome historical separations between groups and promote transformative pedagogies. Probyn points to the importance of principled 'pedagogical translanguaging' in the mediation of secondary school science knowledge. Kerfoot and Van Heerden illustrate the substantial benefits of Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) genre-based pedagogies for second or additional language writing in the middle years. White, Mammone, and Caldwell in Australia offer evidence that similar benefits were maintained over six years for learners who faced both socio-economic and linguistic disadvantage in schools. Finally Cummins and Heugh offer expansive perspectives on the issue. The editors argue that dynamic plurilingual pedagogies can be allied with the explicit scaffolding of genre-based pedagogies to help redress asymmetries in epistemic access.
BRILL eBooks, Apr 6, 2006
... Public concerné de Pragmatic markers in contrast : Researchers and students in linguistics an... more ... Public concerné de Pragmatic markers in contrast : Researchers and students in linguistics and in modern languages with an interest in pragmatics, text and discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, lexicology, translation, syntax, language typology and contrastive linguistics. ...
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Nov 27, 2003
Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic ... more Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical metaphor, and to foreground the potential of further study in the field. There is a need to highlight the SFL perspective on metaphor; other traditions focus on lexical aspects, and from cognitive perspectives, while SFL focuses on the grammatical dimension, and socio-functional aspects in the explanation of this phenomenon.
De Gruyter eBooks, Dec 31, 1987
English Studies, Oct 1, 2010
ABSTRACT This article unravels the complexity of the historical development of the pragmatic mark... more ABSTRACT This article unravels the complexity of the historical development of the pragmatic marker well. Using data from three historical corpora (Helsinki Corpus of English Texts, Corpus of Early English Correspondence and Corpus of English Dialogues) a detailed description is provided of the contextualised semantic-pragmatic meanings of well in different periods. The study shows how the use of well in specific contexts allowed the form to gradually adopt increasingly pragmatic meanings from the Middle English period onwards. A detailed overview provides evidence for the thesis that interpersonal and textual functions were intertwined from the beginning and hence that the linear view of an evolution from propositional over textual to interpersonal meanings oversimplifies reality.
Pragmatics & beyond, Dec 8, 1995
Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2018
De Gruyter eBooks, Nov 20, 2007
Languages in Contrast, Oct 29, 2010
Despite their formal resemblance, the English word ‘actually’ and the French word actuellement fu... more Despite their formal resemblance, the English word ‘actually’ and the French word actuellement fulfil very different semantic-pragmatic functions in their present-day usage. In most cases they are ‘false friends’, as they overlap in meaning in a very limited number of contexts only. Since these words can — directly or indirectly (through borrowing) — be traced back to the same origin, their present-day meanings indicate that the words have followed different paths of change. It is the aim of the present article to trace the semantic-pragmatic developments of these words through a detailed examination of the discursive contexts in which they have occurred from their first attestations in the languages concerned until the present time. In this way, the subtle transitions from one meaning to another are laid bare. In addition, the cross-linguistic perspective offers insight into how polysemy may develop in different directions. The analyses are based on French and English monolingual corpus data, both synchronic and diachronic. In addition, translation corpus data provide further evidence for the semantics of the two adverbs. The results of the empirical analysis are interpreted within the framework of pragmaticalization and (inter)subjectification.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Dec 1, 2008
This article examines a newspaper and a television debate between a philosopher and two politicia... more This article examines a newspaper and a television debate between a philosopher and two politicians of the extreme rightwing party the Flemish Bloc ( Vlaams Blok) in Flanders (Belgium). The debates took place in the summer and autumn of 2004, respectively, after the party had been condemned for racism by the Belgian court. The debates center around the fundamental question asked by the philosopher to what extent and in what way the party has abandoned the views which led to the verdict. The research questions are the following: (a) What tactics are used in this situation, which creates a conflict between the party's ideology and legality? (b) Are implicit meanings uncover-able beneath the surface tactics which give an answer to the philosopher's question? (c) Is the political debating style of the speakers as politicians belonging to an extremist party the same as or different from that of mainstream politicians?
Handbook of pragmatics highlights, 2011
The article provides an overview of the tradition and the present state of research on discourse ... more The article provides an overview of the tradition and the present state of research on discourse markers or pragmatic markers. It looks at definitions, terminology, methodology, theory, contrastive studies, diachronic studies
Studies in language companion series, Feb 15, 2023
Functions of Language, 1997
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