FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W620088872> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W620088872 abstract "This study analyses the use of deictic and indeterminate constructions for speech participant profiling and reveals the importance of (inter)subjectivity in this respect. Whereas deictics (expressed in verb inflection, and subject and object pronouns) are more prototypically associated with speech participant profiling, it also appears that indeterminate constructions play a significant part (including generic 2nd person forms, generic uno ‘one’, (medio)passive se-constructions, periphrastic passives and non-specific 3rd person plural subject). I examine both the referential scope of these forms and the conceptualisation they entail. The analysis is based on a corpus of Spanish multi-person interaction, including informal interaction (UAM), TV-debates (UAM) and parliamentary debates (Congreso 2001 & 2005). At first glance, deictic forms and indeterminate constructions seem to radically differ as to identifiability and referentiality. Deictic forms are considered given in context (Chafe 1987), whereas indeterminate constructions remain vague as to the understood agent. However, two major observations are to be made. In the first place, deictics (especially plurals) present conceptual vagueness. In the second place, I show by means of a data-driven analysis that the referential scope of vague forms is often delimited at the level of the utterance or the discourse context, thus creating a more precise interpretation, e.g. by means of En Espana ‘in Spain’ in (1). (1) En Espana se besa a los hijos... (UAM) ‘In Spain, children are being kissed…’ Since the analysis in terms of referential scope points at referential overlap between deictic and indeterminate constructions, it calls for a more nuanced view of (the importance of) identifiability and vagueness in speech participant profiling. I therefore focus on other issues at stake in the choice for a deictic vs. an indeterminate construction, namely the conceptualisation entailed and differences in terms of (inter)subjective effect (Benveniste 1966, Lyons 1982, Traugott 2003). Through an analysis of the predicates with which these forms are found to pattern in the data, I show that singular deictic forms are closely linked to the explicit expression of (inter)subjective stance. Both plural deictics and indeterminate constructions, however, are preferred constructions for the expression of deontic meanings. Their vagueness permits a profiling of the event where the addresser/addressee is not solely responsible for realising the modal expression. While not explicitly profiling the coparticipants’ attitudes or beliefs, this conceptualisation implies an (inter)subjective choice as it pays attention to the addresser/addressee’s attitudes. In conclusion, the analysis of how the referential scope is realised at discourse-level (rather than at the level of separate forms or constructions) in spoken interaction reveals new dimensions in the analysis of deictic vs. indeterminate constructions: not only identifiability but also the (inter)subjective choices made in interactional discourse prove to be crucial." @default.
• W620088872 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W620088872 creator A5026976479 @default.
• W620088872 date "2010-12-01" @default.
• W620088872 modified "2023-09-23" @default.
• W620088872 title "Why not be more specific? On the thin line between identifiability and indeterminacy" @default.
• W620088872 hasPublicationYear "2010" @default.
• W620088872 type Work @default.
• W620088872 sameAs 620088872 @default.
• W620088872 citedByCount "0" @default.
• W620088872 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W620088872 hasAuthorship W620088872A5026976479 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C111472728 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C13077596 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C15744967 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C166957645 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C202444582 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C202889954 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2775852435 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2776397901 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2776825360 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2779343474 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2779835924 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C2780522230 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C33923547 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C527412718 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C58166 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C94624232 @default.
• W620088872 hasConcept C95457728 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C111472728 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C13077596 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C138885662 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C15744967 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C166957645 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C202444582 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C202889954 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2775852435 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2776397901 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2776825360 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2779343474 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2779835924 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C2780522230 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C33923547 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C41895202 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C527412718 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C58166 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C94624232 @default.
• W620088872 hasConceptScore W620088872C95457728 @default.
• W620088872 hasLocation W6200888721 @default.
• W620088872 hasOpenAccess W620088872 @default.
• W620088872 hasPrimaryLocation W6200888721 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W185524978 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W1931753250 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W1996107750 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2028409739 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2049627420 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2062288154 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2131177965 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2138244180 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2146629377 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2232921627 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2329211395 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2534289631 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2543465594 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2546581400 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2558743854 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2591739151 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2621777979 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2885600509 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W49565805 @default.
• W620088872 hasRelatedWork W2336170410 @default.
• W620088872 isParatext "false" @default.
• W620088872 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W620088872 magId "620088872" @default.
• W620088872 workType "article" @default.