Sorjonen2018

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Sorjonen2018
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Sorjonen2018
Author(s) Marja-Leena Sorjonen
Title Reformulating prior speaker’s turn in Finnish Turn-initial siis, eli(kkä), and nii(n) et(tä)
Editor(s) John Heritage, Marja-Leena Sorjonen
Tag(s) EMCA, turn-initial particle, reformulation of prior talk, turn preface, anaphoric link, candidate understanding, epistemic stance, stance taking, particle eli(kkä), particle siis, Finnish, particle nii(n) et(tä)
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2018
Language English
City Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Pages 251–286
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/slsi.31.09sor
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Howpublished
Book title Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-Initial Particles Across Languages
Chapter 9

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Abstract

This chapter examines the Finnish particles siis, eli(kkä) and nii(n) et(tä) when they occupy the turn-initial position. The chapter focuses on the use of these particles when they preface a single type of action, a reformulation of the prior speaker’s turn or more extended stretch of talk. In contrast to reformulations without a prefacing particle, the particles are used for contextualizing the turn by displaying their speaker’s stance vis-à-vis the action being done. It will be shown that while the prefaces share a range of characteristics, most importantly making an explicit link to the prior talk and projecting a reformulation to come, each of them displays a distinctive epistemic stance (e.g. degree of certainty; basis of the reformulation). The chapter sets the turn-initial use of the particles in relation to their other types of usages and etymology.

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