Complement Clauses as Turn Continuations: The Finnish Et(t-Clause  

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Field, Margaret

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association vol. 17 no. 4 (2007), page 553-572.
Topik: Increments; Ettclause; Complementation; Subordination; Turn expansion; Finnish.
Fulltext: 566-900-1-PB.pdf (119.12KB)

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This paper examines the use of ettclauses in Finnish everyday conversation for extending a speakers turn after a possible point of turn completion for the purpose of pursuing uptake from a turn recipient. Although ettclauses are considered complements in most grammatical descriptions of Finnish, the paper questions their status as subordinate clauses. We show that they nevertheless could be considered to function as increments, as either Extensions (Glue-ons, in terms of Couper-Kuhlen & Ono, this volume) or Free Constituents. This is interesting in view of Ford, Fox & Thompsons (2002) definition of increments as nonmain-clause continuations after a possible point of turn completion. We also show that what makes ettclauses ideal for the pursuit of uptake is that both as a conjunction and particle, ettfunctions to open up the participation framework and import new voices to the conversation.

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