Quotatives considers the phenomenon"quotation" from a wealth of perspectives. Itconsolidates findings from different strands of research, combiningformal and functional approaches for the definition of reporteddiscourse and situating the phenomenon in a broader typological andsociolinguistic perspective.
* Provides an interface between sociolinguistic research andother linguistic disciplines, in particular discourse analysis,typology, construction grammar but also more formal approaches
* Incorporates innovative methodology that draws on discourseanalytic, typological and sociolinguistic approaches
* Investigates the system both in its diachronic development aswell as via cross-variety comparisons
* Presents careful definition of the envelope of variation andconsiders alternative definitions of the phenomenon"quotation"
* Empirical findings are reported from distribution andperception data, which allows comparing and contrasting perceptionand reality