Clausal Continuations in Japanese

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Recent studies illustrate cases of turn continuations that are not necessarily criterially dependent on clausal syntax (Couper-Kuhlen & Ono, 20073. Couper-Kuhlen, E. and Ono, T. 2007. Incrementing in conversation: A comparison of methods in English, German and Japanese [Special issue]. Pragmatics , 17(4): 513-552. View all references; Ford, Fox, & Thompson, 20024. Ford, C. E., Fox, B. A. and Thompson, S. A. 2002. “Constituency and the grammar of turn increments.”. In The language of turn and sequence Edited by: Ford, C. E., Fox, B. A. and Thompson, S. A. 14-38. Oxford , , UK: Oxford University Press.. View all references), advancing a more multidimensional construal of turn expansions, in general, which, as Auer (2007)2. Auer, P. 2007. Why are increments such elusive objects? An afterthought [Special issue]. Pragmatics , 17(4): 647-658. View all references put it, “is not a syntactic issue alone” (p. 651). This study further develops such a possibility and looks at a class of examples in Japanese conversation whereby a series of syntactically disjunct clausal units are both retrospectively oriented toward and pragmatically, semantically, and prosodically coherent with preceding material, often acting functionally as continuations. Some implications for the role of syntax in theory regarding turn-constructional unit continuations, specifically, and turn-taking, in general, are also discussed.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2012.665988