Meta-communicative expressions and situational variation of stance marking

• Verfasst von: Landert, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Meta-communicative expressions and situational variation of stance marking
• Titelzusatz: I say and I tell (you) in early modern English dialogues
• Verf.angabe: Daniela Landert
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: 16 May 2017
• Umfang: 25 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 04.04.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Nordic journal of English studies
• Ort Quelle: Göteborg : Univ., 2002
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 16(2017), 1, Seite 120-144
• ISSN Quelle: 1654-6970
• DOI: doi:10.35360/njes.396
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1885031831

Abstract

In this study, I compare the functions of I say and I tell (you) in the different text types in A Corpus of English Dialogues 1560-1760 (CED). The text types differ with respect to a number of parameters, such as the authenticity of the dialogue, the stability of the participant roles, the formality of the setting, and the dominant verbal activities. I show that the two expressions are used with a range of different functions, most of which express the speaker’s stance, and I argue that the differences in function are related to differences in the communicative setting and the roles of the participants.