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Contrasting and turn transition: Prosodic projection with the parallel-opposition constructions
(2009)
The parallel-opposition construction has not yet been widely described as an independent construction type. This article reports on its realization in everyday British-English conversation. In particular, it focusses on prosodic projection in the lexically and syntactically unmarked first component of this syntactic pattern, and thus adds to the body of research investigating the organization of turn-taking in the context of bi-clausal constructions with which the first part lacks explicit lexical hints to their continuation. It is shown that the parallel-opposition construction, next to specific semantic–pragmatic, syntactic and lexical features, also exhibits a relatively fixed range of prosodic features in the first conjunct, among these narrow focus, continuing intonation and/or the avoidance of intonation-unit boundary signals. These are used to project continuation of an otherwise complete utterance and, thus, to secure the floor for the expression of contrast. In addition, the detailed analysis of apparently deviant cases, which takes into account the on-line production of syntax, shows that a lack of prosodically projective features in the first component of the parallel-opposition construction can be explained by the strategic, retrospective use of the construction to resolve problems in turn transition.
Metaphor and discourse
(2009)
Der Beitrag setzt sich mit dem Problem der Ermahnung und ihrer Realisierungsmittel auseinander. Die Analyse verortet sich im Bereich der Pragmalinguistik. Es wird der Versuch unternommen, das spektrum an Ausdrucksmitteln festzustellen, das Sprecher in der Regel zum Ausdruck von Ermahnungen verwenden. Es handelt sich dabei um spezifische Mittel, durch die der sprecher seine Einstellung zum Adressaten zeigt, seine Position und Ermächtigung unterstreicht.