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|Abstract=The paper is concerned with the Italian negation particle mica and its use in spoken interaction. In particular, it aims to specify the types of contexts and sequential environments in which mica typically occurs and to define its functions in discourse. In previous studies, the latter have mostly been linked to emphasis or to specific presuppositions including counter-expectations on the part of the hearer and/or the speaker. More recent accounts have referred to a specific information-structural status of the negated proposition and to the expression of intersubjectivity. I will argue that all of these approaches provide important elements for a detailed analysis of the use of mica, but that none of them are sufficient. Contrary to previous studies, the analysis proposed in this paper includes the larger sequential environment of the utterances under examination and is based on naturally occurring conversation data. The study shows that mica typically occurs in disaffiliative contexts and in contexts where the speaker signals some kind of emotive involvement. In such contexts the basic functions of mica can be defined as relating the current utterance to a particular aspect of context and expressing a kind of metapragmatic instruction directing the hearer to update common ground.
latter have mostly been linked to emphasis or to specific presuppositions including counter-expectations on the part of the hearer and/or
 
the speaker. More recent accounts have referred to a specific information-structural status of the negated proposition and to the
 
expression of intersubjectivity. I will argue that all of these approaches provide important elements for a detailed analysis of the use of
 
mica, but that none of them are sufficient. Contrary to previous studies, the analysis proposed in this paper includes the larger sequential
 
environment of the utterances under examination and is based on naturally occurring conversation data. The study shows that mica
 
typically occurs in disaffiliative contexts and in contexts where the speaker signals some kind of emotive involvement. In such contexts the
 
basic functions of mica can be defined as relating the current utterance to a particular aspect of context and expressing a kind of
 
metapragmatic instruction directing the hearer to update common ground.
 
 
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Thaler2016
BibType ARTICLE
Key Thaler2016
Author(s) Verena Thaler
Title Italian 'mica' and its use in discourse: An interactional account
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Tag(s) Particle, Mica, Interactional linguistics, Discourse function, Contextualization, Metapragmatic instruction
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Year 2016
Language English
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Journal Journal of Pragmatics
Volume 103
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Pages 49–69
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DOI 10.1016/j.pragma.2016.07.011
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The paper is concerned with the Italian negation particle mica and its use in spoken interaction. In particular, it aims to specify the types of contexts and sequential environments in which mica typically occurs and to define its functions in discourse. In previous studies, the latter have mostly been linked to emphasis or to specific presuppositions including counter-expectations on the part of the hearer and/or the speaker. More recent accounts have referred to a specific information-structural status of the negated proposition and to the expression of intersubjectivity. I will argue that all of these approaches provide important elements for a detailed analysis of the use of mica, but that none of them are sufficient. Contrary to previous studies, the analysis proposed in this paper includes the larger sequential environment of the utterances under examination and is based on naturally occurring conversation data. The study shows that mica typically occurs in disaffiliative contexts and in contexts where the speaker signals some kind of emotive involvement. In such contexts the basic functions of mica can be defined as relating the current utterance to a particular aspect of context and expressing a kind of metapragmatic instruction directing the hearer to update common ground.

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