Keevallik2011d

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Keevallik2011d
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Keevallik2011d
Author(s) Leelo Keevallik
Title Interrogative 'complements' and question design in Estonian
Editor(s) Ritva Laury, Ryoko Suzuki
Tag(s) EMCA, Interactional linguistics, interrogative complements, indirect questions, Epistemics, Particles
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2011
Language English
City Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Pages 37–68
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DOI 10.1075/slsi.24.04kee
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Series Studies in Language and Social Interaction
Howpublished
Book title Subordination in Conversation: A cross-linguistic perspective
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Abstract

Some interrogative subject and object complement clauses are not treated as subordinate in Estonian interaction. They are interactionally profiled, as participants answer them as questions. Grammatically, they behave like independent clauses, displaying inversion and the turn-final question particle vä/ve. The main clauses considered in the chapter, ütle/öelge 'say!', räägi 'talk/tell!', ei tea 'not know', and uvitav 'interesting', instead function as (epistemic) particles projecting and designing questions in a sequentially and interpersonally sensitive way.

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