Advice in Conversation
Corpus Pragmatics Meets Mixed Methods

This Element offers a new contribution to corpus pragmatics research by examining the multifaceted nature of speech acts in conversation.

Nele Põldvere (Author), Rachele De Felice (Author), Carita Paradis (Author)

9781009054515, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 November 2022

75 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg

This Element is a contribution to a new generation of corpus pragmatics research by taking as its starting point the multifaceted nature of speech acts in conversation, and by adopting a mixed-methods approach. Through a unique combination of theoretical, qualitative, quantitative, and statistical approaches, it provides a detailed investigation of advice-giving and advice uptake in relation to (i) the range of constructions used to give advice in different discourse contexts and at different points in time, and (ii) their interaction with dialogic and social factors of advice uptake as key components of frames of advice exchanges in natural conversation. Using data from the London-Lund Corpora of spoken British English, the Element shows, firstly, that there are systematic differences in advising between discourse contexts over the past half a century, and, secondly, that who gave the advice and how they did it are the strongest predictors of the advisee's response. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Data and Methods
4. Results and Discussion
5. Theoretical and Methodological Implications
6. Conclusion
References.

Subject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG], Sociolinguistics [CFB]