Proske-Deppermann2020
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Proske-Deppermann2020 |
| Author(s) | Nadine Proske, Arnulf Deppermann |
| Title | Right-dislocated complement clauses in German talk-in-interaction: (Re-)specifying propositional referents of the demonstrative pronoun das |
| Editor(s) | Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström, Leelo Keevallik |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, German, Right dislocation, Demonstrative, Grammar, Interactional linguistics |
| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
| City | Amsterdam |
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| Pages | 275–302 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/slsi.32.10pro |
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| Book title | Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal Patterns and the Organization of Action |
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Abstract
This contribution deals with right-dislocated complement clauses with the subordinating conjunction dass (‘that’) in German talk-in-interaction. The bi-clausal construction we analyze is as follows: The first clause, in which one argument is realized by the demonstrative pronoun das (‘this/that’), is syntactically and semantically complete; the reference of the pronoun is (re-)specified by adding a dass-complement clause after a point of possible completion (e.g., aber das hab ich nich MITbekommen. (0.32) dass es da so YOUtubevideos gab. (‘But I wasn’t aware of that. That there were videos about that on YouTube.’). The first clause always performs a backward-oriented action (e.g., an assessment) and the second clause (re-)specifies the propositional reference of the demonstrative, allowing for a (strategic) perspective shift. Based on a collection of 93 cases from everyday conversations and institutional interactions, we found that the construction is used close to the turn-beginning for referring to and (re-)specifying (parts of) another speaker’s prior turn; turn-internal uses tie together parts of a speaker’s multi-unit turn. The construction thus facilitates an incremental constitution of meaning and reference.
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