Gunther2020
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Gunther2020 |
| Author(s) | Susanne Günther |
| Title | Practices of clause-combining: From complex wenn-constructions to insubordinate (‘stand-alone’) conditionals in everyday spoken German |
| Editor(s) | Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, German, Grammar, Interactional linguistics, Emergence, Temporality, Projection, Routinization, Clauses, Syntax |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
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| Pages | 185-220 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.07gun |
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| Book title | Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action |
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Abstract
Traditionally, conditional wenn-clauses in German are treated as subordinate clauses, either preceding or following their matrix clauses. My data – based on naturally occurring German talk-in-interaction from various settings – show that participants in everyday interactions use various types of (pre-positioned) wenn-constructions as resources to accomplish social activities. These constructions not only blur the boundaries between subordinated and main clauses, but also reveal a wide range of in-between wenn-constructions ranging from tightly integrated to loosely integrated, from non-integrated to free-standing.
The empirically based analysis, furthermore, shows that practices of clause-combining turn out to be closely connected to the temporal unfolding of talk-in-interaction, and thus to issues of projection, retractive expansions as well as the ongoing accomplishment of social action.
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