Sorjonen2018
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| 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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| Book title | Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-Initial Particles Across Languages |
| Chapter | 9 |
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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