(Non)referentiality in Conversation
Edited by Michael C. Ewing and Ritva Laury
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 344] 2024. v, 201 pp. + index
Michael C. Ewing
List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael C. Ewing plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Grammar and Inference in Conversation: Identifying clause structure in spoken Javanese
Michael C. Ewing
[Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 18] 2005. x, 276 pp.
Subjects Austronesian languages | Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2024 Chapter 2. Elusive referentiality and allusive reference in Indonesian conversation (Non)referentiality in Conversation, Ewing, Michael C. and Ritva Laury (eds.), pp. 11–34 | Chapter
This chapter examines referential practices in a corpus of colloquial Indonesian conversation and attempts to address the question: “Does referentiality matter to speakers?” I take referentiality to be a multi-dimensional phenomenon involving (at least) whether referents are construed as general… read more
2024 Chapter 1. Toward the interactional relevance of (non)referentiality (Non)referentiality in Conversation, Ewing, Michael C. and Ritva Laury (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
2021 The predicate as a locus of grammar and interaction in colloquial Indonesian Usage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units, Ono, Tsuyoshi, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki (eds.), pp. 161–202 | Chapter
Descriptions of Indonesian usually take the clause as the starting point for analysing grammatical structure and rely on the notion of ellipsis to account for the way speakers actually use language in everyday conversational interaction. This study challenges the status of “clause” by… read more
2019 The predicate as a locus of grammar and interaction in colloquial Indonesian Usage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units, Ono, Tsuyoshi, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki (eds.), pp. 402–443 | Article
Descriptions of Indonesian usually take the clause as the starting point for analysing grammatical structure and rely on the notion of ellipsis to account for the way speakers actually use language in everyday conversational interaction. This study challenges the status of “clause” by… read more
2019 Chapter 11. Address, reference and sequentiality in Indonesian conversation The Social Dynamics of Pronominal Systems: A comparative approach, Bouissac, Paul (ed.), pp. 253–288 | Chapter
Indonesian has an open pronoun system that provides speakers with a range of first and second person terms. Drawing on data from informal conversation, we examine second person expressions used for address and reference in sequence initiating actions in multiparty interaction. Previous work on… read more
2016 Reiterative construction of narrative: A storytelling device from Javanese conversation Narrative in ‘societies of intimates’, Stirling, Lesley, Jennifer Green, Tania Strahan and Susan Douglas (eds.), pp. 376–401 | Article
Using Ochs & Capp’s (2001) five dimensions of narrative, I analyse small stories that emerge during informal conversation among Javanese speakers. Of particular interest are the dimensions of Linearity, Tellership and Moral Stance. While many of these narratives are organised in chronological… read more
2005 Hierarchical constituency in conversational language: The case of Cirebon Javanese Studies in Language 29:1, pp. 89–112 | Article
This study investigates the role of constituency in structuring clauses during spoken interaction. It examines transitive clauses in a corpus of conversational Javanese. Do clauses unfold in a flat structure as each element is produced in real-time, or is there evidence of a hierarchical structure… read more