Heinemann2017
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Heinemann2017 |
| Author(s) | Trine Heinemann |
| Title | Transitioning between activities with the Danish change-of-state token nå |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Change-of-state, Danish, Transitions |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 118 |
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| Pages | 1-21 |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.05.013 |
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Abstract
In this paper I demonstrate that the Danish change-of-state token nå, which is ordinarily employed to register a shift in a speaker’s state of information, can also be used to propose and mark a transition between activities. While nå is indexical by nature, both its sequential position (after a topic or activity has been potentially closed down) and its composition (of being imbued with other -- both lexical and physical -- properties) mean that the co-participants have no trouble understanding when a nå indexes a shift in orientation and thus embodies a proposal to transition between activities, rather than serving as a simple receipt of information.
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