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Title Quotatives : cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives / edited by Isabelle Buchstaller, Ingrid van Alphen.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012.
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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 296 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Converging evidence in language and communication research (CELCR) ; v. 15
Converging evidence in language and communication research ; v. 15.
Contents Quotatives; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Authors' biographies; Preface: Introductory remarks on new and old quotatives; 1. Introduction; 2. New and old ways of introducing quotation; 3. Situating the volume; References; Part I. Discourse perspectives; Impersonal quotation and hypothetical discourse; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology and data; 3. Analysis: Hypothetical discourse in conversation; 3.1 Modeling discourse; 3.2 Claim-backings; 3.3 Fictitious humorous stories; 4. Concluding discussion; References; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; By three means.
1. Introduction1.1 Aim and scope; 1.2 Theoretical framework; 1.3 Data and methodology; 2. Bare; 2.1 Bare as a discourse marker; 2.2 Quotative bare; 3. Liksom; 3.1 Liksom as a discourse marker; 3.2 Quotative liksom; 4. Sånn; 4.1 Sånn as a discourse marker; 4.2 Quotative sånn; 5. Distribution across age groups; 6. Combinations of the markers; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; Part II. Typological perspectives; Minds divided; 1. Introduction; 2. Speaker attitudes and quotative constructions; 3. Grammatical categories in quotative constructions.
3.1 Modality and evidentiality4. Speaker attitudes and reported messages: A sample study; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Overview of the results; 4.3 Number and functions of quotative constructions; 4.4 Categories in the de dicto domain; 4.5 Evidentiality in quotation; 4.6 Modal categories; 4.7 Illocution and some remaining observations; 4.8 Summary of the preceding sections; 5. A method for the typological analysis of speaker attitudes in quotative constructions; 6. Some closing remarks: Semantics and pragmatics; References; Thetic speaker-instantiating quotative indexes as a cross-linguistic type.
1. Quotative indexes from a typological perspective1.1 Functional properties; 1.2 Morphosyntactic typology; 1.3 Non-clausal speaker representation; 2. Speaker-instantiating quotative indexes: The data; 2.1 Historical cases; 2.2 Modern cases; 3. Speaker-instantiating quotative indexes as a cross-linguistic type; References; Part III. Functional and formal perspectives; On the characteristics of Japanese reported discourse; 1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of reported discourse in Japanese; 2.1 Alleged continuity between direct and indirect reported discourse.
2.2 Syntactic realization of a quote: Complement or modifier?2.3 Elliptic quotation; 3. Varieties of elliptic quotation; 3.1 Suspensive QPE; 3.2 Sentence-final QPE; 3.3 Extensions of sentence-final QPE; 3.4 QPE in a noun-modifying construction; 3.5 QPE in topic phrases; 3.6 QPE in concessive constructions; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix: Sources of data; Quotative go and be like; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems with item-based accounts; 3. Solving the puzzle: An interclausal type of complementation; 3.1 Problems in the verbal complementation analysis.
Note 3.2 An alternative proposal: Interclausal complementation.
Summary Research on quotation has yielded a rich and diverse knowledge-base. Scientific interest has been sparked particularly by the recent emergence of new quotative forms in typologically related and unrelated languages (i.e. English be like, Hebrew kazé, Japanese mitai-na). The present collection gives a platform to research conducted within different linguistic sub-disciplines and on the basis of a variety of Western and non-Western languages. The introduction presents an overview of forms and functions of old and new quotative constructions. The nine chapters investigate quotation from different.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Subject Quotation.
Quotation.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Semantics.
Semantics.
Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Buchstaller, Isabelle.
Alphen, Ingrid van.
Other Form: Print version : Quotatives. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 9789027239051 (DLC) 2012000582 (OCoLC)772528317
ISBN 9789027274793 (electronic book)
9027274797 (electronic book)
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9781283549042
9027239053
9789027239051
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