Conversational contributions in discourse
Year: 2026
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Interaction-based conceptualisations of context are based on the premise of indexicality of communicative action, relating an exclusively product-oriented conception of context-as-given to an inherently dynamic process of contextualisation which is interdependent on a conversational contribution and its surroundings. Within this framework, the pragmatics of meaning-making processes in discourse is examined, focussing not only on the interpretation and processing of linguistic contributions, but also on their production in context. Expanding the concept of meaning potential to a discourse-pragmatic frame of reference, the chapter argues for supplementing the interpretation-based processes of contextualisation, re- and decontextualisation with production-based entextualisation of discursive meaning. The argument put forward is illustrated with meaning-making processes in mediated political discourse.
Source: Pragmatics & beyond. New series
Author: Anita Fetzer
Institution: University of Augsburg
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7171854002