This article is a synchronic study of the imperatives of intentional visual perception as pragmatic markers in English and Dutch. It examines the frequency of ‘look’ and kijk in spoken language, the types of text in which they occur and, above all, the way in which they are used. On the basis of cross-linguistic data from Romance, the article explores the development of the various uses of the imperative of intentional visual perception. It also addresses the question whether this development is a case of grammaticalization or not.
2022. Getting attention in different languages: A usage-based approach to parenthetical look in Chinese, Dutch, English, and Italian. Intercultural Pragmatics 19:2 ► pp. 141 ff.
Tantucci, Vittorio & Matteo Di Cristofaro
2021. Pre-emptive interaction in language change and ontogeny: the case of [there is no NP]. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 17:3 ► pp. 715 ff.
2020. The first person singular pronoun topic as attention-getter in interaction: A study of qá mà in Longxi Qiang. Journal of Pragmatics 156 ► pp. 1 ff.
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