PolakYitzhaki2020
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | PolakYitzhaki2020 |
| Author(s) | Hilla Polak-Yitzhaki |
| Title | Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- ‘the truth (is) that’ construction |
| Editor(s) | Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Hebrew, Grammar, Interactional linguistics, Projection, Predicative clause |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
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| Pages | 127-150 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.05pol |
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| Book title | Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action |
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Abstract
This study focuses on the Hebrew construction ha'emet (hi) she- ‘the truth (is) that’ in a corpus of informal audio and video conversation. Taking an interactional linguistics approach, I argue that the construction serves as a metalingual fragment constituting a projecting construction. Its employment is fixed and formulaic, it occurs at a moment of shift in the discourse and is used to project talk which does three kinds of social work: displaying the speaker’s stance; setting the record straight regarding the speaker’s personal world; and revealing delicate information. Each function emerges in a context-sensitive manner, revealing the relationship between the construction and its sequential position. Employment of the construction illustrates the ways grammar evolves from the interactions among conversational participants.
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