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Stevanovic2020
BibType ARTICLE
Key Stevanovic2020
Author(s) Melisa Stevanovic, Auli Hakulinen, Anna Vatanen
Title Prosody and Grammar of Other-Repetitions in Finnish: Repair Initiations, Registerings, and Affectivity
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Tag(s) Prosody, Other-repetitions, Repetition, Finnish, Repair, Affect, EMCA
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Year 2020
Language English
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 49
Number 4
Pages 553–584
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DOI 10.1017/S0047404520000044
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Abstract

We examine how other-repetitions in Finnish are used for repairing interactional problems in hearing and understanding and for registering what another has just said, describing how prosody and grammar interact in accomplishing these goals. In the repair-initiating repetitions, the pitch contours build a continuum of different degrees of falling pitch from moderate to steep, the latter being associated with some type of an affective stance. In the registering repetitions, the pitch fall is generally narrower than in the repair-initiations, the pitch span of the repetition turn typically matching that of the original turn. A notable feature of other-repetitions in Finnish is the use of particles (mostly ai and vai), which deal specifically with the informational aspects of other-repetitions, thus contributing to the design of both repair-initiating and registering repetitions. The article illustrates the complex layering of actions that Finnish as a `particle language' affords. (Conversation analysis, other-repetition, prosody, grammar, Finnish, repair, registering, affectivity, response particle)

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