Hayashi2004
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Hayashi2004 |
| Author(s) | Makoto Hayashi |
| Title | Discourse within a sentence: An exploration of postpositions in Japanese as an interactional resource |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Post-Position, Japanese, Grammar |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Journal | Language in Society |
| Volume | 33 |
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| Pages | 343-376 |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047404504043027 |
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Abstract
This study explores a phenomenon in Japanese conversation that might be regarded as “discourse-within-a-sentence,” or interpolating a sequence of talk during ongoing sentence construction. It explicates the way in which Japanese speakers use postpositional particles as a resource to incorporate an element in a parenthetical sequence into the syntax of a sentence-in-progress. It is shown that the usability of postpositions for achieving discourse-within-a-sentence comes from the situated workings of postpositions used in a wider range of interactional contexts. Through a detailed examination of relevant instances from transcribed Japanese conversations, this study addresses such issues as (i) “sentences” in interaction as both a resource for, and an outcome of, intricate interactional work; (ii) postpositions as resources for retroactive transformations of turn-shapes in Japanese; and (iii) the relationship between typological features of the grammar of a language and forms of interactional practices. a
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