Kirsi Laanesoo
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kirsi Laanesoo plays a role.
2024 Downtoners and intensifiers in different registers: The case of Estonian (Inter)subjectivity across registers of Estonian: Special issue of the Journal of Uralic Linguistics 3:2 (2024), Metslang, Helle, Tiit Hennoste and Külli Habicht (eds.), pp. 158–185 | Article
The article analyzes the frequency of downtoners and intensifiers in seven Estonian registers based on data from the Estonian Pragmatics Corpus. These particles are most common in instant messaging, followed by institutional interaction, everyday conversation, online comments, printed fiction,… read more
2024 Functions of the particles tõesti ‘really’ and tõepoolest ‘indeed’ in the spoken, online and printed registers of Estonian (Inter)subjectivity across registers of Estonian: Special issue of the Journal of Uralic Linguistics 3:2 (2024), Metslang, Helle, Tiit Hennoste and Külli Habicht (eds.), pp. 186–208 | Article
The article examines the use of two Estonian pragmatic particles, tõesti ‘really’ and tõepoolest ‘indeed, truly’, in everyday conversations, online news comments and academic prose. The data is drawn from the Estonian Pragmatic Corpus. The material analyzed reveals that the main function of both… read more
2024 (Inter)subjectivity in Estonian registers (Inter)subjectivity across registers of Estonian: Special issue of the Journal of Uralic Linguistics 3:2 (2024), Metslang, Helle, Tiit Hennoste and Külli Habicht (eds.), pp. 119–157 | Introduction
This issue focuses on a little-studied aspect of (inter)subjectivity (S/ IS) in language: the expression of S/ IS in different registers. In the introduction, we overview the background and approach, describe the central registers in connection with using S/ IS devices, and correlate the choice… read more
2023 Chapter 7. The division of labor between the particles jah and jaa ‘yes’ as responses to requests for confirmation in Estonian Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 210–238 | Chapter
This chapter examines the use of the Estonian particles jah and jaa ‘yes’ as responses to positively formulated requests for confirmation in ordinary interaction. We will show what actions these particles perform, in which sequential contexts they are used, and whether they can be interpreted as… read more