Quotatives

Cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives

Editors

Isabelle Buchstaller | Leipzig University

Ingrid van Alphen | University of Amsterdam

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Research on quotation has yielded a rich and diverse knowledge-base. Scientific interest has been sparked particularly by the recent emergence of new quotative forms in typologically related and unrelated languages (i.e. English be like, Hebrew kazé, Japanese mitai-na).The present collection gives a platform to research conducted within different linguistic sub-disciplines and on the basis of a variety of Western and non-Western languages. The introduction presents an overview of forms and functions of old and new quotative constructions. The nine chapters investigate quotation from different perspectives, from conversation analysis over grammaticalization and language variation and change to typological and formal approaches.

The collection advocates a comprehensive approach to the phenomenon ‘quotation’, seeking a more nuanced knowledge-base as regards the linguistic properties, social uses and pragmatic functions than monolingual or single disciplinary approaches deliver. The cross-disciplinary nature and the wealth of data make the findings broadly available and relevant.

[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 15] 2012. xxx, 296 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 16 April 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.15

Table of Contents

Authors’ biographies | pp. vii–x

Preface: Introductory remarks on new and old quotatives

Isabelle Buchstaller and Ingrid van Alphen | pp. xi–xxx

Part I. Discourse perspectives

Impersonal quotation and hypothetical discourse

Andrea Golato | pp. 3–36

By three means: The pragmatic functions of three Norwegian quotatives

Ingrid Kristine Hasund, Toril Opsahl and Jan Svennevig | pp. 37–68

Part II. Typological perspectives

Minds divided: Speaker attitudes in quotatives

Stef Spronck | pp. 71–116

Thetic speaker-instantiating quotative indexes as a cross-linguistic type

Tom Güldemann | pp. 117–142

Part III. Functional and formal perspectives

On the characteristics of Japanese reported discourse: A study with special reference to elliptic quotation

David Oshima and Shin-ichiro Sano | pp. 145–172

Quotative go and be like: Grammar and grammaticalization

Lieven Vandelanotte | pp. 173–202

Quotation in sign languages: A visible context shift

Annika Herrmann and Markus Steinbach | pp. 203–228

Part IV. Language variation and change

Performed narrative: The pragmatic function of this is + speaker and other quotatives in London adolescent speech

Sue Fox | pp. 231–258

Dutch quotative van: Past and present

Peter-Arno Coppen and Ad Foolen | pp. 259–280

appendixGlossary of specialist terms for research  in quotation | pp. 281–290

Author index | pp. 291–292

Index of terms | pp. 293–296

“A well-crafted collection of chapters surveying quotatives in a broader perspective than is available anywhere else – its papers offer substance to linguists of virtually any inclination. The studies benefit from careful editing that enhances the thematic coherence of the volume and adds value to the study of language typology, language change and sociolinguistics.”

Miriam Meyerhoff, University of Auckland

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