Research on quotation has yielded a rich and diverse knowledge-base. Scientific interest has been sparked particularly by the recent emergence of new quotative forms in typologically related and unrelated languages (i.e. English be like, Hebrew kaze, Japanese mitai-na). The present collection gives a platform to research conducted within different linguistic sub-disciplines and on the basis of a variety of Western and non-Western languages. The introduction presents an overview of forms and functions of old and new quotative constructions. The nine chapters investigate quotation from different perspectives, from conversation analysis over grammaticalization and language variation and change to typological and formal approaches. The collection advocates a comprehensive approach to the phenomenon quotation, seeking a more nuanced knowledge-base as regards the linguistic properties, social uses and pragmatic functions than monolingual or single disciplinary approaches deliver. The cross-disciplinary nature and the wealth of data make the findings broadly available and relevant.
1. Authors biographies, pvii-x; 2. Preface: Introductory remarks on new and old quotatives (by Buchstaller, Isabelle), pxi-xxx; 3. Part I. Discourse perspectives; 4. Impersonal quotation and hypothetical discourse (by Golato, Andrea), p3-36; 5. By three means: The pragmatic functions of three Norwegian quotatives (by Hasund, Ingrid Kristine), p37-68; 6. Part II. Typological perspectives; 7. Minds divided: Speaker attitudes in quotatives (by Spronck, Stef), p71-116; 8. Thetic speaker-instantiating quotative indexes as a cross-linguistic type (by Guldemann, Tom), p117-142; 9. Part III. Functional and formal perspectives; 10. On the characteristics of Japanese reported discourse: A study with special reference to elliptic quotation (by Oshima, David), p145-172; 11. Quotative go and be like: Grammar and grammaticalization (by Vandelanotte, Lieven), p173-202; 12. Quotation in sign languages: A visible context shift (by Herrmann, Annika), p203-228; 13. Part IV. Language variation and change; 14. Performed narrative: The pragmatic function of this is + speaker and other quotatives in London adolescent speech (by Fox, Sue), p231-258; 15. Dutch quotative van: Past and present (by Coppen, Peter-Arno), p259-280; 16. appendixGlossary of specialist terms for research in quotation, p281-290; 17. Author index, p291-292; 18. Index of terms, p293-296