Quotatives: New Trends and Sociolinguistic Implications [Hardcover]

Quotatives considers the phenomenon quotation from a wealth of perspectives. It consolidates findings from different strands of research, combining formal and functional approaches for the definition of reported discourse and situating the phenomenon in a broader typological and sociolinguistic perspective.

• Provides an interface between sociolinguistic research and other linguistic disciplines, in particular discourse analysis, typology, construction grammar but also more formal approaches
• Incorporates innovative methodology that draws on discourse analytic, typological and sociolinguistic approaches
• Investigates the system both in its diachronic development as well as via cross-variety comparisons
• Presents careful definition of the envelope of variation and considers alternative definitions of the phenomenon quotation
• Empirical findings are reported from distribution and perception data, which allows comparing and contrasting perception and reality

Acknowledgements vii

List of Figures xi

List of Tables xiii

1 Introduction: Whats New about the New Quotatives? 1

The History of Innovative Quotatives 4

Why? 12

2 You Can Quote Me On That: Defining Quotation 34

Defining Quotation 37

Direct versus Indirect Quotes 55

Why Does itMatter? The Ramifications of Variable Definition 64

3 Variation and Change in the Quotative System: The Global versus the Local 89

Tracing the Global Attestation of Innovative Quotatives 90

Investigating Models of Diffusion 93

Investigating the Global Reality of Innovative Qul3,