Auer2014b
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Auer2014b |
Author(s) | Peter Auer |
Title | Syntactic structures and their symbiotic guests: notes on analepsis from the perspective of on-line syntax |
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Tag(s) | IL, Analepsis, On-line syntax, Structural latency |
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Year | 2014 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Pragmatics |
Volume | 24 |
Number | 3 |
Pages | 533–560 |
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DOI | 10.1075/prag.24.3.05aue |
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Abstract
The empirical focus of this paper is on utterances that re-use syntactic structures from a preceding syntactic unit. Next utterances of this type are usually treated as (coordination) ellipsis. It is argued that from an on-line perspective on spoken syntax, they are better described as structural latency: A grammatical structure already established remains available and can therefore be made use of with one or more of its slots being filled by new material. A variety of cases of this particular kind of conversational symbiosis are discussed. It is argued that they should receive a common treatment. A number of features of the general host/guest relationship are discussed.
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