Getting attention in different languages: A usage-based approach to parenthetical look in Chinese, Dutch, English, and Italian
Abstract The present article examines the broad function of attention-getting embodied by parenthetical look in Chinese, Dutch, English and Italian. It analyzes a sample of the marker’s occurrences in corpora of spontaneous conversations and of interviews and discussions in terms of a systematic typology of parameters of interactional behavior and adopts a range of statistical methods to uncover patterns of (dis)similarity. The results include, inter alia, a cross-linguistic preference for clause-initial and turn-initial/medial position, a strong association across languages with assertive and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Intercultural Pragmatics ; volume 19, issue 2, page 141-181 ; ISSN 1612-295X 1613-365X |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Schlagwörter: | Linguistics and Language / Communication / Language and Linguistics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26621933 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ip-2022-2001 |