Sorensen2021

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Sorensen2021
BibType ARTICLE
Key Sorensen2021
Author(s) Søren Sandager Sørensen
Title Affiliating in Second Position: Response Tokens with Rising Pitch in Danish
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Tag(s) EMCA, Danish, Response tokens, Danish, Ja, Nej, Affiliation
Publisher Routledge
Year 2021
Language English
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Journal Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume 54
Number 1
Pages 101–125
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DOI 10.1080/08351813.2020.1864159
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Abstract

This article examines the use of the Danish response tokens ja ('yes') and nej ('no') with rising pitch in everyday interaction in Danish. Ja and nej do more than (dis)confirmation, and the analysis shows that the tokens with rising pitch achieve affiliation in second position in sequences containing displays of affective stance, which is shown to be contrastive with the tokens with level pitch that instead disaffiliate in the same sequences. Turns eliciting the tokens are also often marked with a wide pitch span, but sometimes other prosodic features than pitch are employed to perform a display of affective stance. Eliciting turns often request reconfirmation but can also implement other actions that make ja or nej a relevant response. The affiliation achieved is shown to be similar across both ja and nej when doing a range of actions, such as (dis)confirmation, acceptance, or agreement. Data are in Danish.

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