Managing interpersonal discourse expectations
A comparative analysis of contrastive discourse particles in Dutch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3989233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geertje Van Bergen (0000-0003-1562-6121, Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research , Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen , The Netherlands, corresponding author), Lotte Hogeweg (0000-0002-9300-0258, Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University , Nijmegen , The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333-360 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2021-0020 |
| OpenAlex | W2977403870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 50 |
In this article we investigate how speakers manage discourse expectations in dialogue by comparing the meaning and use of three Dutch discourse particles, i.e.wel,tochandeigenlijk,which all express a contrast between their host utterance and a discourse-based expectation.The core meanings oftoch, welandeigenlijkare formally distinguished on the basis of two intersubjective parameters: (i) whether the particle marks alignment or misalignment between speaker and addressee discourse beliefs, and (ii) whether the particle requires an assessment of the addressee's representation of mutual discourse beliefs. By means of a quantitative corpus study, we investigate to what extent the intersubjective meaning distinctions betweenwel,tochandeigenlijkare reflected in statistical usage patterns across different social situations. Results suggest thatwel,tochandeigenlijkare lexicalizations of distinct generalized politeness strategies when expressing contrast in social interaction. Our findings call for an interdisciplinary approach to discourse particles in order to enhance our understanding of their functions in language
Contrast (vision) · Discourse analysis · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal interaction · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Politeness · Political science · Politics · Pragmatics · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Utterance · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.8 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |