PolakYitzhaki2020

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
PolakYitzhaki2020
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key PolakYitzhaki2020
Author(s) Hilla Polak-Yitzhaki
Title Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- ‘the truth (is) that’ construction
Editor(s) Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik
Tag(s) EMCA, Hebrew, Grammar, Interactional linguistics, Projection, Predicative clause
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2020
Language English
City Amsterdam
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 127–150
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/slsi.32.05pol
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal Patterns and the Organization of Action
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

This study focuses on the Hebrew construction ha'emet (hi) she- ‘the truth (is) that’ in a corpus of informal audio and video conversation. Taking an interactional linguistics approach, I argue that the construction serves as a metalingual fragment constituting a projecting construction. Its employment is fixed and formulaic, it occurs at a moment of shift in the discourse and is used to project talk which does three kinds of social work: displaying the speaker’s stance; setting the record straight regarding the speaker’s personal world; and revealing delicate information. Each function emerges in a context-sensitive manner, revealing the relationship between the construction and its sequential position. Employment of the construction illustrates the ways grammar evolves from the interactions among conversational participants.

Notes