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Responding in conversation : a study of response particles in Finnish /
This book concerns particles that are used as responses in conversations. It provides much needed methodological tools for analyzing the use of response particles in languages, while its particular focus is Finnish. The book focuses on two Finnish particles, nii(n) and joo, which in some of their ce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser. 70. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book concerns particles that are used as responses in conversations. It provides much needed methodological tools for analyzing the use of response particles in languages, while its particular focus is Finnish. The book focuses on two Finnish particles, nii(n) and joo, which in some of their central usages have "yeah" and "yes" as their closest English counterparts. The two particles are discussed in a number of sequential and activity contexts, including their use as answers to yes-no questions and directives, as responses to a stance-taking by the prior speaker, and in the midst of an |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 330 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1556199481 9781556199486 9027250855 9789027250858 9789027297457 9027297452 |