Meta-quotation

The thematic and interactional significance of tte in Japanese comics

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ID20395845
AuthorsSenko K Maynard (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume4
Issue1
Pages23-46
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFunctions of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0929-998X • E-ISSN: 1569-9765
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/fol.4.1.03may
OpenAlexW2006912863
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This paper explores the thematic and interactional significance of the quotative marker tte in Japanese comics. The quotative expressions examined are 'meta-quotations', their main function being to self-qualify the quoter's speaking act. Although a similar use is observed in the standard quotation marker to followed by the verbs of saying and thinking, this study primarily focuses on tte that appears independently in casual speech as depicted in comics targeted at adolescent girls. Extending beyond the concept of speech act qualification, I argue that meta-quotation offers a device in Japanese discourse to qualify and manipulate multiple discourse organizational and interactional meanings, including theme presentation, 'pseudo-quotation', and quotation across Speakers* Through tte's function as a metalinguistic device, this study illustrates that language not only describes events and states but also reflexively qualifies the speaker's voice that describes these events and states

Art · Casual · Comics · Indirect speech · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Speech act · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology

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