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Syntactic anacrusis in spoken English

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ID8252198
AuthorsPaul J Hopper
Year2021
Volume1
Issue1
Pages64-89
Publication date2021-06-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInteractional Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2666-4224 • E-ISSN: 2666-4232
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/il.20009.hop
OpenAlexW3135459353
LanguageEN
References cited30

Anacrustic Coordination (AC) is a type of biclausal conjunction such that an initial clause or phrase sets up a state of affairs and is followed by and and a strongly focused second clause, for example three years it’s been sitting here and I haven’t done it. AC figures in a number of kinds of interaction. One is the topic/comment conditional, as in call it up and there’s something that actually says your number. It is a possibility for enhancing certain illocutionary acts such as threats and warnings: I’m gonna take that and I’m gonna dig it into you . It is a basis for syntactic mirativity, the coding of surprise and unexpectedness ( DeLancey 1997 ): you turn your back and there’s somebody moving in . AC raises questions about the nature of constructions and of Construction Grammar

Conjunction (astronomy · Grammar · Linguistics · Phrase · Physics · Surprise · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Communication · Philosophy

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