Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis

This study investigates how discourse particles and intonation contribute to the modification of speech act. In particular, it focuses on the interplay between the speaker’s and the addressee’s commitment toward the proposition in assertions, biased questions, and requests for confirmation. A syntac...

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Autores principales:	Heim Johannes, Keupdjio Hermann, Lam Zoe Wai-Man, Osa-Gómez Adriana, Thoma Sonja, Wiltschko Martina
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2016
Materias:	syntax discourse particles intonation speech act Chinese language and literature PL1001-3208
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:669ccf6e68484b9ab3877b2b5348ab712021-12-02T16:38:22ZIntonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis1017-127410.1515/scl-2016-0005https://doaj.org/article/669ccf6e68484b9ab3877b2b5348ab712016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2016-0005https://doaj.org/toc/1017-1274This study investigates how discourse particles and intonation contribute to the modification of speech act. In particular, it focuses on the interplay between the speaker’s and the addressee’s commitment toward the proposition in assertions, biased questions, and requests for confirmation. A syntactic analysis is proposed, in which speaker commitment and call on addressee are represented as two functional projections of the speech act structure. Data from nontonal (Canadian English) and tonal languages (Cantonese and Medumba) are analyzed for cross-linguistic comparison. In Canadian English, the particle “eh” and rising intonation are associated with speaker commitment and call on addressee, respectively. In Cantonese, a single particle associates with these. In Medumba, the two positions are occupied by two distinct particles. This neo-performative approach toward speech act structure differs from Ross’s 1970 original insight by positing a high functional layer called grounding, rather than a higher matrix clause of the familiar type.Heim JohannesKeupdjio HermannLam Zoe Wai-ManOsa-Gómez AdrianaThoma SonjaWiltschko MartinaSciendoarticlesyntaxdiscourse particlesintonationspeech actChinese language and literaturePL1001-3208ENStudies in Chinese Linguistics, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 109-129 (2016)
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spellingShingle	syntax discourse particles intonation speech act Chinese language and literature PL1001-3208 Heim Johannes Keupdjio Hermann Lam Zoe Wai-Man Osa-Gómez Adriana Thoma Sonja Wiltschko Martina Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
description	This study investigates how discourse particles and intonation contribute to the modification of speech act. In particular, it focuses on the interplay between the speaker’s and the addressee’s commitment toward the proposition in assertions, biased questions, and requests for confirmation. A syntactic analysis is proposed, in which speaker commitment and call on addressee are represented as two functional projections of the speech act structure. Data from nontonal (Canadian English) and tonal languages (Cantonese and Medumba) are analyzed for cross-linguistic comparison. In Canadian English, the particle “eh” and rising intonation are associated with speaker commitment and call on addressee, respectively. In Cantonese, a single particle associates with these. In Medumba, the two positions are occupied by two distinct particles. This neo-performative approach toward speech act structure differs from Ross’s 1970 original insight by positing a high functional layer called grounding, rather than a higher matrix clause of the familiar type.
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title	Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
title_short	Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
title_full	Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
title_fullStr	Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis
title_sort	intonation and particles as speech act modifiers: a syntactic analysis
publisher	Sciendo
publishDate	2016
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Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis

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