Pragmatic information in constructions
What do speakers generalize?
Despite recent advances in Construction Pragmatics, a systematic way for delimiting coded pragmatic information has yet to
be offered. This squib provides a step in establishing such an account by assessing what kind of pragmatic information speakers generalize
from various usage-events. Drawing on findings from Conversation Analysis, I propose a distinction between pragmatic functions as speakers’
actions, and interactional patterns as discourse-information sequences. A synchronic examination of the Hebrew multifunctional discourse
marker ′at/a yode′a/′at (′know.prs.m/f.sg′) demonstrates the consistent use of the
construction in an interactional pattern across numerous usage-events. A qualitative diachronic analysis of ′at/a
yode′a/′at suggests that speakers may associate forms with interactional patterns rather than with functions.
This preliminary evidence provides support for the generalization of interactional patterns.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Functions vs. interactional patterns
- 3.The generalization of interactional patterns
- 4.Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
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