Patricia Mayes

List of John Benjamins publications for which Patricia Mayes plays a role.

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Subjects Altaic languages | Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Pragmatics
Mayes, Patricia and Hongyin Tao 2021 Referring expressions in categorizing activities: Rethinking the nature of linguistic units for the study of interactionUsage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units, Ono, Tsuyoshi, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki (eds.), pp. 87–121 | Chapter
Linguistic units as traditionally conceived by linguists favor structural features and referential meanings. In this paper, we propose a new way of understanding the nature of linguistic units by analyzing the interaction of multiple semiotic resources (gestures, bodily movement, eye gaze and… read more
This study investigates the interaction of one American English-speaking individual who uses an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device, equipped with speech-generation software to talk with able-bodied participants. Other-initiated repair is common in this context, and a few… read more
Mayes, Patricia and Hongyin Tao 2019 Referring expressions in categorizing activities: Rethinking the nature of linguistic units for the study of interactionUsage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units, Ono, Tsuyoshi, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki (eds.), pp. 329–363 | Article
Linguistic units as traditionally conceived by linguists favor structural features and referential meanings. In this paper, we propose a new way of understanding the nature of linguistic units by analyzing the interaction of multiple semiotic resources (gestures, bodily movement, eye gaze and… read more
Mayes, Patricia 2004 Genre as a locus of social structure and cultural ideology: A comparison of Japanese and American cooking classesDiscourse Across Languages and Cultures, Moder, Carol Lynn and Aida Martinovic-Zic (eds.), pp. 177–194 | Article
Mayes, Patricia 2003 The transitive/intransitive construction of events in Japanese and English discourseMeaning Through Language Contrast: Volume 1, Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M. and Ken Turner (eds.), pp. 277–291 | Article
Mayes, Patricia 1990 Quotation in Spoken EnglishStudies in Language 14:2, pp. 325–363 | Article