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Usage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units
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On the notion of unit in the study of human languages
Tsuyoshi Ono, Ritva Laury and Ryoko SuzukiUniversity of Alberta | University of Helsinki | Keio University
1.Introduction
1.1The notion of unit in linguistics
1.2Unit in individual languages
1.3Cross-linguistic perspective and functional motivation
1.4Units and criteria to identify them in interactional linguistics
2.Short summary of papers
Acknowledgements
References
Understanding 'clause' as an emergent 'unit' in everyday conversation
Sandra A. ThompsonUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
1.Introduction
2.Problematizing 'social action'
3.Problematizing 'clause': 'Clause' as 'predicate-plus'
4.Clauses as vehicles for social action
4.1Directive-commissive actions
4.2Assessments
4.3Informings
4.4Assertions
4.5Requests for information
5.Social actions not done by clauses
6.Scaffolding
7.Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix.Transcription symbols14.Much of the empirical material used for this study was originally transcribed by Gail Jefferson. I have retained her transcription in large part but I have normalized the orthography. For an overview of Jefferson's system as it evolved over time, see Jefferson (2004). The materials used for this paper have by and large been transcribed using this system. For the layout of the transcription symbol list below we have been inspired by Hepburn &
Bolden (2013).
Linguistic units and their systemsCompleteness, self-reference, and contingency
Ross KrekoskiUniversity Blue Quills
1.Introduction
2.Social action, unit acts, interaction
3.Systems and incompleteness
4.Some deviant utterances.
5.Concluding remarks
References
Free NPs as units in Finnish
Marja-Liisa HelasvuoUniversity of Turku
1.Introduction
2.Data
3.Morphosyntactic features of free NPs
4.Prosodic features of free NPs
5.Interactional functions of free NPs
6.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Referring expressions in categorizing activitiesRethinking the nature of linguistic units for the study of interaction
Patricia Mayes and Hongyin TaoUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | University of California, Los Angeles
1.Introduction
2.Key concepts and approaches to categorizing
2.1Cognitive approaches to categorization
2.2Previous work focusing on categorizing as social action
2.3Rethinking categorizing as a socially-motivated activity
2.4Methodological tools used in MCA
3.Data and methods
4.Data analysis
4.1English data
4.2Mandarin Chinese data
5.Discussion
6.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Questioning the clause as a crosslinguistic unit in grammar and interaction
Ritva Laury, Tsuyoshi Ono and Ryoko SuzukiUniversity of Helsinki | University of Alberta | Keio University
1.Introduction
2.Understandings of similar units in standard references in Finnish and Japanese
2.1Finnish
2.2Japanese
3.Clauses and predicates as units in interaction
3.1The clause as a unit in Finnish conversation
3.2The predicate as a unit in Japanese conversation
4.Summary and conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
The predicate as a locus of grammar and interaction in colloquial Indonesian
Michael C. EwingUniversity of Melbourne
1.Introduction
2.Predicate configurations in conversational Indonesian
2.1Verbal predicates
2.2Non-verbal predicates
2.3When there are no explicit arguments
3.Frequency and distribution of predicate configurations in conversation.
4.Predicates in interaction
4.1Turn constructions and predicates
4.2Participant orientation and predicates
4.2.1Next turn onset
4.2.2Joint utterance completion
4.2.3Turn continuations
5.Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Glosses
Transcription conventions
Index.
Usage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
On the notion of unit in the study of human languages
Tsuyoshi Ono, Ritva Laury and Ryoko SuzukiUniversity of Alberta | University of Helsinki | Keio University
1.Introduction
1.1The notion of unit in linguistics
1.2Unit in individual languages
1.3Cross-linguistic perspective and functional motivation
1.4Units and criteria to identify them in interactional linguistics
2.Short summary of papers
Acknowledgements
References
Understanding 'clause' as an emergent 'unit' in everyday conversation
Sandra A. ThompsonUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
1.Introduction
2.Problematizing 'social action'
3.Problematizing 'clause': 'Clause' as 'predicate-plus'
4.Clauses as vehicles for social action
4.1Directive-commissive actions
4.2Assessments
4.3Informings
4.4Assertions
4.5Requests for information
5.Social actions not done by clauses
6.Scaffolding
7.Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix.Transcription symbols14.Much of the empirical material used for this study was originally transcribed by Gail Jefferson. I have retained her transcription in large part but I have normalized the orthography. For an overview of Jefferson's system as it evolved over time, see Jefferson (2004). The materials used for this paper have by and large been transcribed using this system. For the layout of the transcription symbol list below we have been inspired by Hepburn &
Bolden (2013).
Linguistic units and their systemsCompleteness, self-reference, and contingency
Ross KrekoskiUniversity Blue Quills
1.Introduction
2.Social action, unit acts, interaction
3.Systems and incompleteness
4.Some deviant utterances.
5.Concluding remarks
References
Free NPs as units in Finnish
Marja-Liisa HelasvuoUniversity of Turku
1.Introduction
2.Data
3.Morphosyntactic features of free NPs
4.Prosodic features of free NPs
5.Interactional functions of free NPs
6.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Referring expressions in categorizing activitiesRethinking the nature of linguistic units for the study of interaction
Patricia Mayes and Hongyin TaoUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | University of California, Los Angeles
1.Introduction
2.Key concepts and approaches to categorizing
2.1Cognitive approaches to categorization
2.2Previous work focusing on categorizing as social action
2.3Rethinking categorizing as a socially-motivated activity
2.4Methodological tools used in MCA
3.Data and methods
4.Data analysis
4.1English data
4.2Mandarin Chinese data
5.Discussion
6.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Questioning the clause as a crosslinguistic unit in grammar and interaction
Ritva Laury, Tsuyoshi Ono and Ryoko SuzukiUniversity of Helsinki | University of Alberta | Keio University
1.Introduction
2.Understandings of similar units in standard references in Finnish and Japanese
2.1Finnish
2.2Japanese
3.Clauses and predicates as units in interaction
3.1The clause as a unit in Finnish conversation
3.2The predicate as a unit in Japanese conversation
4.Summary and conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
The predicate as a locus of grammar and interaction in colloquial Indonesian
Michael C. EwingUniversity of Melbourne
1.Introduction
2.Predicate configurations in conversational Indonesian
2.1Verbal predicates
2.2Non-verbal predicates
2.3When there are no explicit arguments
3.Frequency and distribution of predicate configurations in conversation.
4.Predicates in interaction
4.1Turn constructions and predicates
4.2Participant orientation and predicates
4.2.1Next turn onset
4.2.2Joint utterance completion
4.2.3Turn continuations
5.Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Glosses
Transcription conventions
Index.