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Confirmation or Elaboration: What Do Yes/No Declaratives Want?
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Research on Language & Social Interaction . Apr-Jun2017, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p188-205. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Recent analyses have argued that when requests for confirmation are implemented with declarative word order, they are closure-implicative due to the relatively knowing stance indexed with the declarative. This article demonstrates, however, that in some cases participants show an orientation to both confirmation and elaboration as a relevant next action. By comparing requests for confirmation that are closure-implicative to those that are expansion-implicative, it is argued that in addition to epistemic stance, participants also orient to the lexical design features and sequential placement of these declarative yes/no-type initiating actions to determine the relevant type of response. Data are in Dutch with English translations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *CONVERSATION
*COMPARATIVE grammar
*PHONOLOGICAL awareness
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08351813
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Research on Language & Social Interaction
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123828131
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2017.1301307