Jan Svennevig
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jan Svennevig is
involved.
Title
Getting Acquainted in Conversation: A study of initial interactions
Jan Svennevig
What makes a ‘getting acquainted’ a recognizable conversational activity, and how are interpersonal relationships established in a first conversation? This book presents a theoretical framework for the study of relationship management in conversation and an empirical study of a corpus of initial… read moreArticles
Hasund, Ingrid Kristine, Toril Opsahl and Jan Svennevig 2012
By three means: The pragmatic functions of three Norwegian quotatives Quotatives: Cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives, Buchstaller, Isabelle and Ingrid van Alphen (eds.), pp. 37–68 | Article Whereas research in the Anglophone world has concentrated on the global spread of like, this paper sets out to comparatively discuss three Norwegian quotative markers bare ‘just’, liksom ‘like’ and sånn ‘such/like (this/that)’. Similarly to like, the Norwegian quotatives derive from pragmatic… read more An echo answer is an answer that repeats elements of the question. This response form occurs after yes/noquestions and “statements about B-events”. The current study is based on data from native/non-native institutional interaction, and echo answers are shown to play an important role in certain… read more 
