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|Tag(s)=EMCA; English; Grammar; Advice; Formulaic expression; Reduction; Prosody; Interactional linguistics; Deontics; Agency; Accounts | |Tag(s)=EMCA; English; Grammar; Advice; Formulaic expression; Reduction; Prosody; Interactional linguistics; Deontics; Agency; Accounts | ||
|Key=Thompson2020 | |Key=Thompson2020 | ||
| + | |Publisher=John Benjamins | ||
|Year=2020 | |Year=2020 | ||
|Language=English | |Language=English | ||
| − | |Booktitle=Fixed Expressions: Building | + | |Address=Amsterdam |
| + | |Booktitle=Fixed Expressions: Building Language Structure and Social Action | ||
|Pages=99-132 | |Pages=99-132 | ||
|URL=https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.315.05tho | |URL=https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.315.05tho | ||
| − | |DOI= | + | |DOI=10.1075/pbns.315.05tho |
|Abstract=In this chapter we examine a formulaic expression in English, why don’t you + action verb/predicate (= WDY). We show that WDY is used in everyday conversation to carry out the social work of giving advice, as in why don't you try taking it again? We argue that this construction is a formulaic expression because it is not understood compositionally: the WDY format does not ask a question, but proposes a future action that the speaker is recommending that the recipient undertake. Our chapter explores the implicativeness of WDY for subsequent talk, and reveals the intricate relationship between the grammar of WDY and the social work that it is used to do. | |Abstract=In this chapter we examine a formulaic expression in English, why don’t you + action verb/predicate (= WDY). We show that WDY is used in everyday conversation to carry out the social work of giving advice, as in why don't you try taking it again? We argue that this construction is a formulaic expression because it is not understood compositionally: the WDY format does not ask a question, but proposes a future action that the speaker is recommending that the recipient undertake. Our chapter explores the implicativeness of WDY for subsequent talk, and reveals the intricate relationship between the grammar of WDY and the social work that it is used to do. | ||
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Thompson2020 |
| Author(s) | Sandra A. Thompson, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen |
| Title | English why don’t you X as a formulaic expression |
| Editor(s) | Ritva Laury, Tsuyoshi Ono |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, English, Grammar, Advice, Formulaic expression, Reduction, Prosody, Interactional linguistics, Deontics, Agency, Accounts |
| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
| City | Amsterdam |
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| Pages | 99-132 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/pbns.315.05tho |
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| Book title | Fixed Expressions: Building Language Structure and Social Action |
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Abstract
In this chapter we examine a formulaic expression in English, why don’t you + action verb/predicate (= WDY). We show that WDY is used in everyday conversation to carry out the social work of giving advice, as in why don't you try taking it again? We argue that this construction is a formulaic expression because it is not understood compositionally: the WDY format does not ask a question, but proposes a future action that the speaker is recommending that the recipient undertake. Our chapter explores the implicativeness of WDY for subsequent talk, and reveals the intricate relationship between the grammar of WDY and the social work that it is used to do.
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