@incollection{ProskeDeppermann2019,
  author    = {Nadine Proske and Arnulf Deppermann},
  title     = {Right-dislocated complement clauses in German talk-in-interaction. (Re-)specifying propositional referents of the demonstrative pronoun das},
  series = {Emergent syntax for conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action},
  editor    = {Yael Maschler and Simona Pekarek Doehler and Jan Lindstr{\"o}m and Leelo Keevallik},
  publisher = {Benjamins},
  address   = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
  isbn      = {978-90-272-0443-1},
  doi       = {10.1075/slsi.32.10pro},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-93972},
  pages     = {275 -- 301},
  year      = {2019},
  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.},
  language  = {en}
}