Wang-Tao2020
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Wang-Tao2020 |
| Author(s) | Wei Wang, Hongyin Tao |
| Title | From matrix clause to turn expansion: The emergence of wo juede ‘I feel/think’ in Mandarin conversational interaction |
| Editor(s) | Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Mandarin, Turn-expansion, Interactional linguistics, Grammar, Clauses |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
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| Pages | 151-182 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.06wan |
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| Book title | Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action |
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Abstract
One way complex clauses manifest themselves is through a combination of a matrix clause and a complement clause. However, matrix clauses as represented by constructions such as I think have been widely reported to undergo grammaticization, whereby they become a marker indicating the speaker’s epistemic stance. This has also been identified for Mandarin Chinese. In this chapter, however, we report that wo juede ‘I feel/think’ in Mandarin has developed a conversation interactional function that extends turns-at-talk – a phenomenon that has not yet received much attention in the Chinese literature on talk in interaction. By providing an account for the link between the epistemic/evaluative uses and the turn-expansion function of the erstwhile matrix clause, this paper brings in an extended, interactional dimension to the study of clause-combining.
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