Heritage1998
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Heritage1998 |
| Author(s) | John Heritage |
| Title | Oh-prefaced responses to inquiry |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Particle, Oh, English, utterance design |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Language in Society |
| Volume | 27 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 291–334 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0047404500019990 |
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Abstract
In responses to English questions, prefacing with the particle oh indicates that, from the viewpoint of the answerer, a question is problematic in terms of its relevance, presuppositions, or context. In addition, oh-prefacing is used to foreshadow reluctance to advance the conversational topic invoked by a question; it may also be part of a “trouble-premonitory” response to various types of How are you inquiries in conversational openings and elsewhere.
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