Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning?: The case of believe in the progressive aspect

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F26%3AC4759TTM" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/26:C4759TTM - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105013030758&doi=10.1075%2Fap.22011.gra&partnerID=40&md5=31ab67586e4b8ab070e8b66fa097a489" target="_blank" >https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105013030758&doi=10.1075%2Fap.22011.gra&partnerID=40&md5=31ab67586e4b8ab070e8b66fa097a489</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ap.22011.gra" target="_blank" >10.1075/ap.22011.gra</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning?: The case of believe in the progressive aspect

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study investigates the stance marker believe in the progressive aspect, challenging the view established in the ESL community that state verbs are used exclusively in the simple aspect and an overall neglect of the pragmatic meaning associated with different structural forms. The study shows that a corpus-based analysis of naturally occurring data proves the opposite: While the simple aspect remains the prevalent use, believe in progressive displays important pragmatic functions, indicative of immediacy, expression of agency, and intensity. The paper discusses the identified pragmatic functions and relates them to the communicative goals of the registers they are attested in, such as blogs and news reports. News broadcasts, for example, feature interview sources offering their subjective take; in opinion blogs, writers share experience offering evaluation. Speaker agency is thus a crucial component of influencing public opinion or the construction of the online persona. The study has implications for teaching, suggesting that students need exposure to and a thorough understanding of this authentic use. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning?: The case of believe in the progressive aspect

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study investigates the stance marker believe in the progressive aspect, challenging the view established in the ESL community that state verbs are used exclusively in the simple aspect and an overall neglect of the pragmatic meaning associated with different structural forms. The study shows that a corpus-based analysis of naturally occurring data proves the opposite: While the simple aspect remains the prevalent use, believe in progressive displays important pragmatic functions, indicative of immediacy, expression of agency, and intensity. The paper discusses the identified pragmatic functions and relates them to the communicative goals of the registers they are attested in, such as blogs and news reports. News broadcasts, for example, feature interview sources offering their subjective take; in opinion blogs, writers share experience offering evaluation. Speaker agency is thus a crucial component of influencing public opinion or the construction of the online persona. The study has implications for teaching, suggesting that students need exposure to and a thorough understanding of this authentic use. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Applied Pragmatics

ISSN

25891103

e-ISSN

2589109X

Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

29 - 55

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105013030758