Ironic denial: toboz?e in Croatian political discourse  

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Dedaic, Mirjana N.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 37 no. 5 (May 2005), page 667-683.
Topik: Ironic denial; Discourse marker; Political discourse; Echoic expressions; Conceptual vs. procedural meaning; Toboz?e; Croatian
Fulltext: Dedai_Mirjana_N, 667-683.pdf (166.14KB)

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This study examines syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of the Croatian parenthetical focus discourse marker toboz?e (‘pretendedly, allegedly, supposedly’) and the relevance of its use in political discourse. This echoic particle expresses an ironic denial of another’s opinion or belief. Although toboz?e displays only procedural properties, it reinforces its illocutionary force by conveying folk-etymological meaning. Thus, it is suggested that this discourse marker is both culturally and conceptually specific. Finally, this study argues that the host discourse of toboz?e is motivated pragmatically and thus is predictable.

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