Clusivity Clusivity: A New Approach to Association and Dissociation in Political Discourse By Anna Ewa Wieczorek Clusivity: A New Approach to Association and Dissociation in Political Discourse, by Anna Ewa Wieczorek This book first published 2013 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2013 by Anna Ewa Wieczorek All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-4403-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-4403-1 To My Parents TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements....................................................................................ix Introduction................................................................................................xi Chapter One.................................................................................................1 The Foundations of Clusivity Chapter Two..............................................................................................19 Linguistic Means of Communicating Association and Dissociation Chapter Three............................................................................................31 Pragmatic-Cognitive Aspects of Clusivity Chapter Four............................................................................................101 Pragmatic-Cognitive Strategies for Representation of Clusivity Chapter Five............................................................................................201 The Application of P(erspective)-D(istanciation)-P(roximisation) Model Bibliography............................................................................................215 Index........................................................................................................235 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Piotr Cap for suggestions and invaluable comments on the general organisation of the book and, most of all, for introducing me into the world of pragmatics.