Tag questions in conversation : a typology of their interactional and stance meanings /

Tag questions in conversation : a typology of their interactional and stance meanings /

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Author / Creator:	Kimps, Ditte, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 250 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; volume 83 Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 83.
Subject:	English language -- Interrogative. English language -- Spoken English. English language -- Intonation. English language -- Sentences. English language -- Interrogative. English language -- Intonation. English language -- Sentences. English language -- Spoken English.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12018510

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ISBN:	9789027264336 9027264333 9789027200433
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2018).
Summary:	"This monograph deals with variable tag questions. These are utterances with a variable interrogative tag, like It's peculiar writing, isn't it, and the semi-variable tag innit, such as Nice, innit. The aim is to provide a corpus-based, comprehensive semantic-pragmatic typology of British English tag questions. Compared to existing descriptions, the proposed typology is novel in three ways. Firstly, whereas almost all existing typologies are single-layered classifications, the functions of tag questions are categorized into two parallel dimensions of interpersonal meaning: the speech function and the stance layer. Secondly, semantic generalizations are proposed for clusters of grammatical, intonational and conversational properties. Thirdly, the bottom-up description is based on a sizeable amount of authentic, spontaneous conversations, which are analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively"--
Other form:	Print version: Kimps, Ditte. Tag questions in conversation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027200433

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Summary:	This monograph deals with variable tag questions. These are utterances with a variable interrogative tag, like It's peculiar writing, isn't it, and the semi-variable tag innit, such as Nice, innit. The aim is to provide a corpus-based, comprehensive semantic-pragmatic typology of British English tag questions. Compared to existing descriptions, the proposed typology is novel in three ways. Firstly, whereas almost all existing typologies are single-layered classifications, the functions of tag questions are categorized into two parallel dimensions of interpersonal meaning: the speech function and the stance layer. Secondly, semantic generalizations are proposed for clusters of grammatical, intonational and conversational properties. Thirdly, the bottom-up description is based on a sizeable amount of authentic, spontaneous conversations, which are analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 250 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9789027264336 9027264333 9789027200433
ISSN:	1388-0373 ;