Metapragmatics in Use -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introducing metapragmatics in use -- 1. Approaching metapragmatics -- 2. Forms of practice of metapragmatics -- 3. A systematics of metapragmatic functions -- 4. Preview of papers -- References -- Data sources -- Part A. Metapragmatics in everyday use -- "Don't blame me for criticizing you ...": A study of metapragmatic comments in Thai -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining metapragmatics -- 3. Thai conception of criticism -- 4. Disclaimers as a metapragmatic device -- 5. Thai disclaimers -- 6. "Don't blame me for criticizing you …" -- 7. Criticizing voice in disguise -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Written Data Sources -- Facework and multiple selves in apologetic metapragmatic comments in Japanese* -- 1. Apologetic metapragmatic comments as aligning acts -- 2. Japanese AMC -- 3. Japanese AMC in computer-mediated communication: sources, method, data -- 4. AMC in context -- 5. Some further remarks on Japanese face -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Metapragmatic function of quotative markers in Japanese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Echoic tte -- 3. Topic marking tte -- 4. Utterance-final tte and other quotative expressions -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Data references -- Metapragmatic utterances in computer-mediated interaction -- 1. Scope and aims -- 2. Material and methods -- 3. Metapragmatic utterances in online interaction -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- On the metapragmatics of gestures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gestures as subject to topicalization -- 3. Gestural comments on gestural behavior -- 4. Gestural comments on selected aspects of an utterance -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Sources -- Language shift in conversation as a metapragmatic comment.

1. Language alternation in multilingual communities -- 2. Language shift as an act -- 3. The metapragmatic content of language shifts -- 4. The need for metapragmatic acts in multilingual inter-community communication -- References -- Part B. Metapragmatics in educational use -- Metapragmatic comments in institutional talk: A comparative analysis across settings -- 1. Introduction: A definition of metapragmatic comments (MPCs) and aims of this paper -- 2. 'Educational' contexts: Principal functions of MPCs -- 3. 'Media' contexts: Principal functions of MPCs -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Metapragmatic expressions in physics lectures: Integrating representations, guiding processing, and assigning participant roles -- 1. Our topic -- 2. Background -- 3. Data and analysis -- 4. Findings -- 5. General discussion -- References -- Appendix A -- The acquisition of metapragmatic abilities in preschool children -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Setting the scene -- 3. Data and leading research questions -- 4. Findings and assessments -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Part C. Metapragmatics in specialized use -- 'So your story now is that ...': Metapragmatic framing strategies in courtroom interrogation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On the importance of the cooperative principle in court -- 3. Metapragmatic framing strategies in the Simpson interrogation -- 4. Functions of metapragmatic framing strategies in court -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- A metapragmatic examination of therapist reformulations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and methods -- 3. Reformulation I: Rhetorical conjunctive relations -- 4. Reformulation II: Reported speech -- 5. Reformulation III: Transforming clause structure -- 6. The role of reformulations in the discursive unfolding of problems -- 7. Conclusion -- References.

Building common ground through metapragmatic comments in international project work -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Common ground and communicative success in intercultural communication -- 3. Data and method -- 4. Types of metapragmatic comments in intercultural project work -- 5. Metapragmatic comments and power -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix I: Task Sheet for Mini Project -- Appendix II: Key to transcription conventions -- Author index -- Subject index -- The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.