Subordination in Conversation: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Studies in Language and Social Interaction)

Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 8
The focus of this book – ‘Subordination’......Page 10
Contents of the volume......Page 12
Contribution to subordination research and future directions......Page 16
References......Page 17
1. Introduction......Page 20
2. Uses of N be that-constructions in German......Page 22
2.1 ‘die Sache ist/das Ding ist’-utterances followed by a subordinate clause introduced with the subjunctor ‘dass’......Page 23
2.2 ‘die Sache ist/das Ding ist’-utterances followed by a main clause......Page 28
2.3. ‘die Sache ist/das Ding ist’-utterances followed by a complex stretch of discourse......Page 33
3. Conclusions......Page 36
References......Page 39
Appendix: Transcription conventions (based on GAT)......Page 43
Introduction......Page 46
The data......Page 48
Projecting actions 1: The imperative of ‘say’......Page 50
Projecting actions 2: The imperative of ‘tell, talk’......Page 59
Marking intersubjective uncertainty: The negation of ‘know’......Page 63
Marking topical continuity across sequences: The adjective ‘interesting’......Page 67
Conclusion......Page 73
References......Page 75
Transcription and glossing conventions......Page 76
1. Introduction......Page 78
3. The use of että with complement-taking predicates......Page 81
4. Että as an utterance-initial particle......Page 91
5. The turn-final että......Page 95
6. Discussion......Page 105
References......Page 106
Appendix 2......Page 110
1. Introduction......Page 112
2. Data, procedure and the grammatical patterns under discussion......Page 115
3.1 Projection......Page 119
3.2 ‘Je veux dire’......Page 120
3.3 ‘Il y a+NP’ (‘there is+NP’)......Page 126
3.4 Pseudocleft-like constructions......Page 132
3.5 Summary and initial discussion of the findings......Page 134
4.1. ‘Je veux dire’ projector constructions in complex turns......Page 136
4.2 ‘Il y a NP’ projector constructions in complex turns......Page 140
4.3 ‘ce qui/ce que x’ (wh-clause) projector constructions in complex turns......Page 142
5. Discussion: Projector constructions and the temporal unfolding of talk-in-interaction......Page 148
6. Conclusion......Page 152
References......Page 154
Symbols used in the gloss......Page 157
1. Introduction......Page 158
2. Background and hypothesis......Page 160
4. Observation of the early occurrences of tte in the 1800s......Page 163
4.1 Tte clause as dependent clause: Quotative complement with tte, followed by a main clause......Page 164
4.2 Tte clause as independent clause: Quotative tte in utterance-final positions......Page 166
5. Final remarks......Page 170
Abbreviations......Page 171
References......Page 172
1. Introduction......Page 174
2. The data......Page 178
3. From matrix clause to discourse marker......Page 180
4. From matrix clause to increment......Page 182
5. From matrix clause to modal particle......Page 188
6. Clines of subordination: A discussion of the results......Page 190
7. Phrases with glauben as instances of fragmentary language......Page 193
Literature......Page 196
1. Introduction......Page 200
2. Data......Page 201
3.2 Previous studies on the history of kara-clauses......Page 202
3.3 Previous studies on kara-clauses in present-day Japanese......Page 203
4.1. Clause combination......Page 205
4.2 Interpretations of kara-clauses......Page 207
4.3 Summary of the diachronic process of kara-clauses......Page 209
5. Discussion......Page 210
References......Page 211
1. Introduction.......Page 218
2. Data......Page 219
3.1 The syntactic environments of I mean......Page 220
3.2 The pragmatic function of I mean......Page 223
4. 1 The syntactic environments of teyuuka......Page 231
4.2 Pragmatic functions of teyuuka......Page 233
5. Discussion and conclusion......Page 242
References......Page 244
Name index......Page 248
Subject index......Page 252