Wu2022
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Wu2022 |
| Author(s) | Yaxin Wu, Guodong Yu |
| Title | Action Ascription and Action Assessment: Ya-Suffixed Answers to Questions in Mandarin Conversation |
| Editor(s) | Arnulf Deppermann, Michael Haugh |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Mandarin, Action Ascription, Action Assessment |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| City | Cambridge |
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| Pages | 234–255 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781108673419.012 |
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| Book title | Action Ascription in Social Interaction |
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Abstract
Taking conversation analysis as its research method, this study investigates the interactional import of the turn-final particle ya in answers to questions in Mandarin conversations. Parasitic on answers to questions, the particle ya is not a syntactically and semantically required component of the turn. The interactional role played by the particle ya in this sequential position is to ascribe collateral effects to or the specific property of the action ascribed, namely, questioning. Specifically speaking, the particle ya does the work of assessment. It is a practice of assessing the prior question as being inapposite, inappropriate or problematic in terms of its presupposition or moral judgement. At the same time, in terms of displaying affect, the particle ya is also a practice of expressing annoyance by the answerer. More generally, this study draws researchers’ attention to the investigation of affect display and action assessment by means of turn-design.
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