Auer-Lindstroem2015
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Auer-Lindstroem2015 |
| Author(s) | Peter Auer, Jan Lindström |
| Title | Left/right asymmetries and the grammar of pre- vs. post-positioning in German and Swedish talk-in-interaction |
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| Tag(s) | IL, epistemic stance, online syntax, positionally sensitive grammar, turn construction, social interaction |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | InLiSt: Interaction and Linguistic Structures |
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| Number | 56 |
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue that the suggested mirror-equivalence of ‘left-’ and ‘right-’ adjoined or -positioned constituents in syntax is misleading from the point of view of Interactional Linguistics and needs to be replaced by a positionally sensitive grammatical analysis, in which pre- and post-positioning is seen in the context of the sequential unfolding of conversation in time. We show this on the basis of various examples from conversational German and Swedish. Our main empirical focus is on pre- and post-positioned verba sentiendi expressions of the type ich denke… or jag tror (cf. English ‘I think’). A quantitative analysis shows that these expressions have an uneven distribution in pre- and post-position, as well as in different discourse genres. In a sequential analysis, we can see a positionally sensitive differentiation with respect to syntactic integration and interactional meaning, especially with reference to the dynamics of stance taking and turn taking.
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