| Description |
1 online resource (x, 330 pages) |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 70 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 70
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| Contents |
Responding in Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Background information of the particles joo and niin; Chapter 3: Indexicality, interjections and actions by recipients in interaction; Chapter 4: Responses to yes/no questions; Chapter 5: Responses to directives; Chapter 6: Responses to affiliation-relevant utterances in A-event environments; Chapter 7: Responses to affiliation-relevant utterances concerning a mutually known issue; Chapter 8: Responses to informings and some other usages |
| Summary |
This book concerns particles that are used as responses in conversations. It provides much needed methodological tools for analyzing the use of response particles in languages, while its particular focus is Finnish. The book focuses on two Finnish particles, nii(n) and joo, which in some of their central usages have "yeah" and "yes" as their closest English counterparts. The two particles are discussed in a number of sequential and activity contexts, including their use as answers to yes-no questions and directives, as responses to a stance-taking by the prior speaker, and in the midst of an |
| Analysis |
Sprog Ikke-vesterlandske sprog |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Finnish language -- Particles
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Interpersonal communication.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Finnish.
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Finnish language -- Particles
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Interpersonal communication
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Conversatie.
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Tussenwerpsels.
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Fins.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1556199481 |
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9781556199486 |
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9027250855 |
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9789027250858 |
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9789027297457 |
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9027297452 |
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