Common ground management and inner negation in one: The case of hani
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Didar Akar
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the use of hani constructions with wh-intonation patterns. We demonstrate that there is a strong semantic parallelism between negative polar questions (cf. Ladd 1981; Buring and Gunlogson 2000) and hani constructions with wh-intonation, and we argue that semantically both constructions involve a negation and a question operator. We further show that although the two constructions are semantically similar, their difference shows itself in the domain of pragmatics. Unlike negative polar questions which can simply be answered by a regular response token, the use of hani constructions is interactional in nature and requires an account from the hearer for the perceived change in behaviour or expectation.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the use of hani constructions with wh-intonation patterns. We demonstrate that there is a strong semantic parallelism between negative polar questions (cf. Ladd 1981; Buring and Gunlogson 2000) and hani constructions with wh-intonation, and we argue that semantically both constructions involve a negation and a question operator. We further show that although the two constructions are semantically similar, their difference shows itself in the domain of pragmatics. Unlike negative polar questions which can simply be answered by a regular response token, the use of hani constructions is interactional in nature and requires an account from the hearer for the perceived change in behaviour or expectation.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction: Discourse structure and discourse meaning: The view from Turkish 1
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Part I: Negation in discourse
- Discourse negation via the ne … –sI structures in Turkish 23
- Common ground management and inner negation in one: The case of hani 57
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Part II: Discourse functions of reference
- Case marking and forward and backward discourse function 81
- Analysis of Turkish referring expressions in a situated dialog context: The case of nominal demonstratives 103
- The development of demonstratives in Turkish children’s narratives: First signs of discourse structuring 137
- Referential form, word order and emotional valence in Turkish pronoun resolution in physical contact events 165
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Part III: Subjectivity in discourse
- Corpus evidence and discourse functions of the -mIş-DIr pattern 189
- Subjectivity and objectivity in Turkish causal connectives? Results from a first corpus study on çünkü and için 223
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Part IV: Assessment of discourse-annotated corpora
- Assessing the validity and reliability of Turkish Discourse Bank (TDB 1.0) 251
- Index 281
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction: Discourse structure and discourse meaning: The view from Turkish 1
-
Part I: Negation in discourse
- Discourse negation via the ne … –sI structures in Turkish 23
- Common ground management and inner negation in one: The case of hani 57
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Part II: Discourse functions of reference
- Case marking and forward and backward discourse function 81
- Analysis of Turkish referring expressions in a situated dialog context: The case of nominal demonstratives 103
- The development of demonstratives in Turkish children’s narratives: First signs of discourse structuring 137
- Referential form, word order and emotional valence in Turkish pronoun resolution in physical contact events 165
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Part III: Subjectivity in discourse
- Corpus evidence and discourse functions of the -mIş-DIr pattern 189
- Subjectivity and objectivity in Turkish causal connectives? Results from a first corpus study on çünkü and için 223
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Part IV: Assessment of discourse-annotated corpora
- Assessing the validity and reliability of Turkish Discourse Bank (TDB 1.0) 251
- Index 281
