Pragmatic and prosodic aspects of the negative directive ðe mu les? (‘tell me’) in Greek conversation
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Angeliki Alvanoudi
Abstract
This study examines the pragmatic and prosodic aspects of the Greek negative directive ðe mu les? (neg pn.1sg.gen say.2sg.prs) ‘tell me’ (lit. ‘don’t you tell me?’), bringing together conversation-analytic informed Interactional Linguistics and Construction Grammar, and drawing on naturally occurring data from audio-recorded conversations and telephone calls. It is shown that the negative directive ðe mu les? construction is used as a discourse marker that signals disjunctive topic change and displays specific prosodic properties, which are partly inherited from polar interrogatives and offer frames for the interpretation of the construction in talk-in-interaction. The study enhances our understanding of the ways in which prosody pairs with constructions and contributes to action formation.
Abstract
This study examines the pragmatic and prosodic aspects of the Greek negative directive ðe mu les? (neg pn.1sg.gen say.2sg.prs) ‘tell me’ (lit. ‘don’t you tell me?’), bringing together conversation-analytic informed Interactional Linguistics and Construction Grammar, and drawing on naturally occurring data from audio-recorded conversations and telephone calls. It is shown that the negative directive ðe mu les? construction is used as a discourse marker that signals disjunctive topic change and displays specific prosodic properties, which are partly inherited from polar interrogatives and offer frames for the interpretation of the construction in talk-in-interaction. The study enhances our understanding of the ways in which prosody pairs with constructions and contributes to action formation.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Grammar and multimodality 1
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Part I. Challenges for multimodal Construction Grammar; conventionality and integration of multimodal features
- Construction Grammar, multimodal communication, and design features of language 26
- Multimodality, conventionality and inheritance in dialogic constructions 38
- Utterance comprehension in spontaneous speech 69
- The prosody of list constructions 116
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Part II. Multimodal aspects of constructions; language-specific features and cross-linguistic generalizations
- A multimodal approach to coordination in spontaneous conversation 154
- An evidential function of raised eyebrows in interaction 190
- Towards a functional perspective on multimodal constructions 220
- Contrastive negation constructions in Israeli Hebrew 251
- Pragmatic and prosodic aspects of the negative directive ðe mu les? (‘tell me’) in Greek conversation 285
- Subject index 313
- Constructions index 317
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Grammar and multimodality 1
-
Part I. Challenges for multimodal Construction Grammar; conventionality and integration of multimodal features
- Construction Grammar, multimodal communication, and design features of language 26
- Multimodality, conventionality and inheritance in dialogic constructions 38
- Utterance comprehension in spontaneous speech 69
- The prosody of list constructions 116
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Part II. Multimodal aspects of constructions; language-specific features and cross-linguistic generalizations
- A multimodal approach to coordination in spontaneous conversation 154
- An evidential function of raised eyebrows in interaction 190
- Towards a functional perspective on multimodal constructions 220
- Contrastive negation constructions in Israeli Hebrew 251
- Pragmatic and prosodic aspects of the negative directive ðe mu les? (‘tell me’) in Greek conversation 285
- Subject index 313
- Constructions index 317
