QUOTE - UNQUOTE? : the role of prosody in the contextualization of reported speech sequences
QUOTE - UNQUOTE? : the role of prosody in the contextualization of reported speech sequences
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1999
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Klewitz, Gabriele
Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
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InLiSt - Interaction and Linguistic Structures; 12
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This paper investigates how speakers of English can use the
prosodic design of utterances to identify parts of these
utterances as instances of reported speech. We will show that
prosodic changes can function like quotation marks in written
texts by clearly delimiting left and right hand boundaries of the
reported sequence.
In the majority of cases, however, prosodic changes do not
coincide with the boundaries of reported speech but occur
nearby, functioning like a 'frame' for the interpretation of a
sequence as reported or even only as a 'flag' attracting
attention and inviting the listener to actively (re-)construct
the corresponding boundaries.
Our data analysis also provides evidence for the use of
prosodic designs to typify a figure in different roles, which -
due to their unique 'prosodic design' - can be presented
without any verbalized projection of upcoming reported
speech, once they have been introduced. This is due to the
'referent-tracking' nature of some prosodic designs of reported
utterances.
prosodic design of utterances to identify parts of these
utterances as instances of reported speech. We will show that
prosodic changes can function like quotation marks in written
texts by clearly delimiting left and right hand boundaries of the
reported sequence.
In the majority of cases, however, prosodic changes do not
coincide with the boundaries of reported speech but occur
nearby, functioning like a 'frame' for the interpretation of a
sequence as reported or even only as a 'flag' attracting
attention and inviting the listener to actively (re-)construct
the corresponding boundaries.
Our data analysis also provides evidence for the use of
prosodic designs to typify a figure in different roles, which -
due to their unique 'prosodic design' - can be presented
without any verbalized projection of upcoming reported
speech, once they have been introduced. This is due to the
'referent-tracking' nature of some prosodic designs of reported
utterances.
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KLEWITZ, Gabriele, Elizabeth COUPER-KUHLEN, 1999. QUOTE - UNQUOTE? : the role of prosody in the contextualization of reported speech sequencesBibTex
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