Heinemann2016a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Heinemann2016a |
| Author(s) | Trine Heinemann |
| Title | From ‘looking’ to ‘seeing’: Indexing delayed intelligibility of an object with the Danish change-of-state token n↑å↓: |
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| Tag(s) | Change-of-state, Danish, Visual perception, Objects, EMCA |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 104 |
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| Pages | 108–132 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pragma.2016.04.003 |
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Abstract
This paper focuses on a particular type of change-of-state, namely one involving a shift from looking to seeing. In Danish, this change-of-state is indexed by producing a prosodically modified version of the more standard change-of-state token, nå, with longer duration and rise-fall pitch, as n↑å↓:. The paper demonstrates how n↑å↓: can be employed to index a particular type of delayed now-understanding, namely that an object which a participant had earlier failed to see for what it is has now – and only now – become intelligible to that participant. I identify two sequential contexts in which the intelligibility of an object can be made relevant; (a) as an a priori concern by virtue of questions such as “what is that?” and (b) as gradually emerging through interactional relevancies. For both contexts I demonstrate that the production of n↑å↓: is systematically organized to conclude extended periods of intense scrutiny and that n↑å↓: thus serves to claim that its producer has undergone a shift from simply looking at an object to now seeing what that object is.
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