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In:Tag Questions in Conversation: A typology of their interactional and stance meanings
Ditte Kimps
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 83] 2018
► pp. 247–250

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Published online: 25 May 2018
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A

  • A-, B-, AB-event33, 58–62
    • knowledge event94, 106, 216
    • primary knower 59–60 , 62, 98, 104, 127, 209
    • secondary knower20, 55, 59–60 , 98, 107
  • accentxi, xii, 43, 71–73 , 77
  • acknowledging19, 111, 123, 168–172 , 179–185 , 189, 194, 203, 205, 207–208 , 218–220
  • adjacency pairxiii, xi, 51, 59–61 , 66–68 , 94, 113, 124
    • first pair-partxi, 66–67 , 84, 88–89 , 99, 109–110 , 112, 116, 121, 124–125 , 169, 188, 197–198 , 216, 237, 240, 242, 244
    • second pair-partxiii, 66–67 , 88–89 , 115, 121, 125, 197–198 , 203, 240
  • (adjusted) Pearson residualsxii, 50, 97
  • advice 95–96 , 117–120 , 122, 126, 217, 221
  • age 4–5 , 30–31 , 45–46 , 49, 191–192 , 202–204 , 209, 212–213 , 221
    • adolescent/teenager28, 35–37 , 46, 193, 202–203 , 210, 212–213 , 216
    • adult37, 193
  • ambiguous19, 57, 62, 86–88 , 96–97 , 108, 116, 120–127 , 140, 144, 146, 149–150 , 153, 156, 160–161 , 164, 171, 176, 178, 192–193 , 197, 200, 202–203 , 205, 207–208 , 217, 219–220 , 237, 240–241
  • anchorxv, xii, 1–2 , 15, 32–33 , 51–58
  • AntConc38, 42
  • assertive101, 103, 108, 112–115 , 204
  • assessment4, 24, 60, 133–134 , 146, 170, 184
  • assumption19, 34, 63, 103, 108, 132–135 , 175–177 , 182, 184, 213
  • attitudes1, 19, 24–25 , 27, 32–34 , 76, 91, 113, 129–130 , 135, 141, 147–148 , 158, 160, 162, 189, 216, 218, 220–221
  • attitudinal4, 21–22 , 24, 26, 30, 33–34 , 95, 104, 123
  • audio3, 36, 40–42 , 50, 76, 216
  • authority 58–61 , 82, 171, 212

B

  • beneficiary 117–120
  • bias18, 64, 142, 189
  • blendxiii, 104–108
  • boundaryxvii, xi, xii, 43–44 , 70–73
  • breach 136–138
  • breaks 43–44
  • Britishxi, 2, 4, 20, 29, 31, 35, 49, 56, 63, 71, 76, 80–81 , 141, 195, 199, 216–217

C

  • CAxi, 65–66 , 94, 96
  • challenging4, 17, 19–22 , 24, 83, 129, 135, 142, 147–148 , 150, 158–168 , 175, 181, 184, 186, 190, 195, 203, 212, 218–220
    • aggressive17, 21–22 , 26, 119, 129, 150–151 , 158–159 , 165, 177, 181, 184
    • disapproval17, 103, 161–162 , 166–167
    • peremptory 21–22 , 129, 158–159
    • ridicule17, 177
  • clusters3, 98, 124, 142, 191, 216
  • command18, 57, 59, 61, 93, 95–97 , 117–120 , 122, 126, 217, 221, 239
  • commitmentxi, xii, 17, 33–34 , 56, 58, 61, 63–64 , 106, 111, 121, 127, 133, 136–139 , 141, 145, 147, 152, 161, 179, 182–184 , 203, 220
  • commodity33, 59, 94–95 , 116, 124–125
  • common groundxi, 4, 19, 24, 34, 83, 130–139 , 179, 184
  • conducive(ness) 19–20 , 24, 67–68 , 84, 86
  • confirmatory 21–22 , 26–27 , 95, 137
  • confirming24, 107, 171–172 , 174–176 , 179, 181, 184, 189, 194, 203–205 , 207–208 , 218–220
  • continuation rises91, 147, 167, 175, 198
  • conversational properties 2–4 , 20, 32, 50–51 , 98, 101, 103, 126–127 , 184, 198, 216–217 , 219–220
  • conversational settings 4–5 , 31, 35, 213, 221
    • broadcast discussions 36–37 , 46, 48–49 , 175, 207, 209
    • broadcast interviews36, 49, 207
    • classroom 36–37 , 46–49 , 112, 198, 207–209
    • commentaries23, 36–37 , 46–47 , 49, 208
    • committee meeting 36–37 , 46, 49
    • courtroom8, 49, 65, 212
    • face-to-face conversations 36–37 , 46–47 , 168, 206, 209, 212
    • legal cross-examinations 36–37 , 46–47 , 49, 207, 209, 212
    • parliamentary debates 36–37 , 46, 49, 181
    • spontaneous conversations 46–48 , 124, 206–207 , 209, 212, 215, 220
    • telephone conversations37, 46–48 , 206–207 , 209–212
  • corpusxv, xi, xii, ix, 2–4 , 27–32 , 35–50
    • COLTxv, xvii, xi, 4, 31, 35–49 , 191–203 , 205–206 , 210, 212–213
    • ICE-GBxv, xviii, xii, 4, 31, 35–49 , 191–202 , 205–206 , 210–213 , 216
    • LLCxv, xvii, xii, 4, 31, 35–49 , 191–202 , 205–206 , 210–211 , 213

D

  • declination 71–72 , 91
  • demand(ing)ix, 19, 62, 93–98 , 104, 116–118 , 120, 124
  • deontic 55–58 , 62, 84, 86–88 , 197, 216
  • desired action19, 33, 58–59 , 61–62 , 95–97 , 116–117 , 119–127 , 129, 161, 192–193 , 198–200 , 202–203 , 205, 207–208 , 212, 217, 219, 221, 237, 239–241
  • directives18, 21, 55, 119
  • (dis)alignment 24–25 , 40, 133, 135–136 , 145, 150, 158, 165–168 , 182, 218
  • discourse markersxi, 22, 25, 50–51 , 58, 75, 132, 135, 150
  • doubt 16–18 , 24, 83, 100, 138, 140–142 , 144, 181–182 , 186, 194, 196, 198, 202–203 , 209–210 , 212, 218–219
  • doubt of presupposed knowledge138, 140, 142, 181–182 , 218
  • downgrade60, 172See see upgrade

E

  • embedded2, 52
  • emphatic21, 23–24 , 131
  • emphatic counter-expectation138, 140, 142–144 , 186, 194, 203, 205, 218–219
  • epistemic22, 24, 34, 55–62 , 84–88 , 100, 108, 127, 137, 171, 197, 212, 216
  • establishing4, 19, 24, 135–136 , 168–169 , 171–172 , 175, 179, 181–182 , 185–186 , 188, 190, 209, 218
  • evaluation/evaluative 23–25 , 34, 60–61 , 101, 104, 106–107 , 111, 138, 146, 152, 169–172 , 184, 188–189 , 216
  • evasive69, 107, 144, 151–152 , 174, 188, 219
  • exacerbating136, 158–159 , 162, 164, 168, 181, 184, 194, 199, 218
  • exchange 58–62
  • exclamation16, 19, 110, 145, 169

F

  • face-saving20, 27, 107, 119–120
  • face-threatening20, 141, 165, 167, 194–195
  • facilitative 21–22 , 24, 26–27 , 129, 168, 175

G

  • gender 4–5 , 30–31 , 38–39 , 42, 45–47 , 192, 199, 204–206 , 209–210 , 221

H

  • hedging17, 19, 21, 24, 135, 144–145 , 155–156 , 172, 181, 184–188 , 194–195 , 198, 203, 205, 207–209 , 212, 218–220 , 242–244
  • hesitation51, 58, 69, 71, 90, 141, 157
  • humour24, 176–177 , 179
    • irony 23–24 , 129, 177, 179
    • mockery 23–24 , 166
    • sarcasm16, 23–24 , 83
    See see joking

I

  • illocutionary force18, 93, 129, 132–133
  • informational 21–22 , 26, 95, 137
  • initiating19, 84–85 , 94–97 , 113, 124, 175, 217
  • innit8, 20, 28–29 , 42, 52–54 , 108, 132, 147–148 , 213
  • interactional 1–4 , 14, 18–19 , 27, 32–33 , 51, 58, 90, 94, 129, 132, 143, 190, 215, 217–218
  • interactional function27, 58, 190See see speech function
  • intersubjective24, 33–34 , 58, 129–130 , 135, 184
  • intonationxiii, 3, 15–17 , 27–28 , 31, 40, 42–44 , 69–71 , 76, 85, 90–91 , 220
  • invariable/invariant 1–2 , 7–8 , 14, 16–17 , 24–25 , 28–29 , 53–54 See see innit

J

  • joking19, 112, 135, 162, 171, 176, 178–179 , 181, 186, 188, 190, 194, 203, 205, 207–208 , 218–220 , 242–244

L

  • language change31, 199–200 , 202, 210, 212–213 , 221
  • laughter69, 101, 147, 177, 220
  • lengthening 70–72 , 91

M

  • marked/unmarked 3–4 , 32, 50–51 , 56, 63, 70, 83–85 , 101, 103, 108, 117, 119–120 , 127, 141, 155, 157, 162, 166–167 , 176, 193, 216, 219
  • mirativity4, 24, 133, 135, 138, 142, 144–145 , 147, 155, 158, 167, 171, 182, 186–187 , 218See see als unexpectedness, surprise
  • modalxii, 21, 25–26 , 40, 51, 53–58 , 82, 100, 103, 108, 118, 120, 124, 130–135 , 137, 204, 215, 217, 218
  • modal particlesxii, 130–133 , 135
  • modality2, 22, 55–58 , 62, 64, 84, 86–88 , 197, 216
  • mood2, 15–16 , 18, 51, 55–58 , 65, 86, 215, 217
    • declarative 15–16 , 20, 56–58 , 65, 83–86 , 88–89 , 93–94 , 98, 100, 103–104 , 108, 112, 118, 120, 124, 187, 197, 216
    • imperative 15–16 , 55–57 , 65, 84–86 , 88–89 , 93, 118, 120, 131, 197–198
    • exclamative 15–16 , 19, 56
    • interrogative1, 15–16 , 19–20 , 51–56 , 60, 63–65 , 84, 88–90 , 97–98 , 104, 108–109 , 112–115 , 125–126 , 151, 189, 197
      • polar interrogative56, 64, 109, 112, 114–115 , 126
      • wh-interrogative97, 109, 112–115 , 126, 189
  • multifunctional2, 7, 54, 90, 132, 215, 220

N

  • negation15, 30, 40, 44, 63–65 , 103, 163, 167, 215–216
  • negotiating/negotiation34, 59, 61–62 , 93, 116, 120, 125, 135, 175, 181
  • newsworthiness34, 152
  • nucleus70, 72–73 , 76–77 , 84, 161, 167

O

  • obligation 57–61 , 120–121
  • offer24, 59, 93, 95–97 , 117–118 , 120, 122, 126, 217, 221, 239
  • orientation15, 23, 64, 103, 143

P

  • pausexvii, xviii, 40, 51, 63, 67–73 , 91, 99, 107, 151
  • permission 57–59 , 61, 121
  • pitch43, xvii, xii, 43–44 , 70–73 , 76–77 , 79, 91, 146, 162, 166, 175, 185–186
  • polarityxi, xii, 1–2 , 15–18 , 25, 30, 50–51 , 62–65 , 69, 84–87 , 90, 98, 101, 122, 127, 152, 157, 162, 167, 170–171 , 175–176 , 178, 187–189 , 196–197 , 216–217 , 219–220
    • constant polarityxi, 15–17 , 19, 21, 24, 25, 30, 62–63 , 65, 85–86 , 101, 113, 117, 120, 141, 144, 152, 162, 167, 187, 189
    • reversed polarityxii, 15–17 , 63, 85, 103, 121
  • post-nuclearxii, 17, 19, 24, 73–74 , 77, 82–87 , 99–103 , 105, 109, 113–114 , 116, 120, 122, 126–127 , 140–141 , 144, 146, 149, 153, 156–157 , 160, 164, 171, 176, 178, 185–186 , 196, 219–220
  • Praat36, 43, 74–75 , 77–79
  • pragmatic marker23, 40, 67, 114, 132, 221
  • pre-nuclearxii, 73, 75, 77, 82, 84–85 , 87, 99, 102, 105, 109, 116–117 , 120, 122, 126, 140, 144, 146, 149, 153, 156–157 , 160–161 , 164, 171, 176, 178, 185, 198, 220
  • presupposition1, 17, 33–34 , 130, 132–133 , 159, 177, 182, 189, 216, 218
    • presupposition trigger 132–133 , 177, 182
  • pretence20, 162, 166, 177, 184, 187, 203
  • pronoun40, 44, 53, 77, 120
  • proposals for joint action93, 96–97 , 118, 120, 122, 126, 217, 221
  • propositionxii, 17–18 , 20, 25–26 , 33–34 , 61, 63–65 , 100, 129–130 , 132–133 , 135–138 , 182, 184
  • prosodyix, 2–3 , 8, 14, 27, 162, 215, 220
  • prosodic properties 3–4 , 28, 31–32 , 35, 50–51 , 91, 97, 141, 186, 188, 195, 197, 215, 240–241
  • punctuational21, 26, 95, 145

Q

  • questionxv, xiii, 1, 4, 16, 18–20 , 24, 26, 40, 47, 51–52 , 53, 56, 62, 64, 66–67 , 71, 76, 82–83 , 91, 93, 95–101 , 103–105 , 107–110 , 112–116 , 122–127 , 130–132 , 135, 137–141 , 143–144 , 146–147 , 149–151 , 152–154 , 156, 158–162 , 164–165 , 169, 171, 174, 176–178 , 189–190 , 192–194 , 196, 198–199 , 202–210 , 212–213 , 215, 217–219 , 221, 237, 240–241
  • questioning19, 24, 60, 99–101 , 103–104 , 107, 150, 158, 161, 164–165 , 168, 184, 186, 194, 198, 203, 205, 207–209 , 212, 218–220
  • questioning stance 164–165 , 168, 184, 186, 194, 203, 205, 207–209 , 212, 218–220

R

  • reported speech162, 166, 187
  • request4, 16–17 , 26–27 , 90, 95–96 , 239
  • requesting19, 26, 53, 120, 198
  • response1, 3–4 , 14, 17–20 , 23, 26, 33, 40, 50–51 , 55, 66–69 , 84, 86–89 , 91, 93, 94–105 , 107–117 , 120–127 , 129, 137, 139–141 , 143–144 , 146–156 , 159–162 , 164–165 , 168–171 , 174, 176–179 , 188–190 , 192–193 , 197–200 , 202–203 , 205–208 , 212–213 , 215, 216–220 , 237–238 , 240–242 , 244
    • acknowledgement16, 18–19 , 95–96 , 110, 115–116 , 124–126 , 172, 174, 188, 219
    • answer 64–69
    • backchannels40, 50, 69, 102, 147
    • confirmation 16–19 , 22, 24, 26–27 , 53, 59, 66, 69, 84, 86, 88–89 , 93, 95, 99, 102, 105–107 , 109–111 , 115–116 , 119–120 , 122, 131, 135, 137–138 , 140–142 , 144, 146–147 , 149–151 , 153, 156, 159–160 , 164–165 , 168, 170–172 , 174–178 , 188–189 , 197–198 , 207, 209, 216, 219–220
    • contradiction83, 95–97 , 110–111 , 116, 132, 141–143 , 149, 151–152 , 157, 165
    • (dis)agreement 16–17 , 23–24 , 26, 29, 40, 53–54 , 69, 84–85 , 99–102 , 105–107 , 109–110 , 114, 116–117 , 122, 140–142 , 148, 152–153 , 156, 159–160 , 168–172 , 174, 176–178 , 189, 197, 219–221
    • non-confirmative66, 69, 84, 86, 99, 102, 105, 107, 109, 116–117 , 122, 140, 144, 146, 149–150 , 153, 156, 159–160 , 164, 171, 176, 178, 220
    • responding66, 94–95 , 110, 112–115 , 121, 124–125 , 189
    • same speaker68, 104, 111–112 , 114
  • rhetorical3, 14, 19, 22, 27, 32–34 , 95, 129, 131–133 , 135, 177, 189–190 , 216

S

  • SoAxii, 64, 101, 145–146 , 152–154 , 159, 170, 181–182 , 184, 186–189 , 194, 203–205 , 207–209 , 218–220
  • softening 21–22 , 55, 95, 129
  • speech function 1–4 , 14, 18–19 , 26, 27, 33–34 , 51, 53–54 , 58, 69, 89, 91, 93–127
  • stance 1–4 , 14, 20–22 , 24–25 , 27, 32–34 , 42, 45, 50–51 , 53, 58, 61, 76, 89, 91, 93, 109, 123, 129–130 , 133–134 , 136–138 , 140, 143–145 , 148–152 , 155, 157–159 , 161, 163–172 , 174–177 , 179–191 , 193–195 , 201, 203–205 , 207–212 , 215–216 , 218–221 , 242–244
  • stating the obvious150, 160, 165–168 , 185, 194–195 , 198, 203, 205, 207–208 , 212, 218–220
  • subjective24, 33–34 , 57–58 , 106, 129–130 , 133, 135, 184

T

  • tagxv, xii, xiii, 1–3 , 15–21 , 25, 28–29 , 32–33 , 39–40 , 42, 51–58 , 60, 62–65 , 70–88 , 91, 95, 98, 215–217 , 219–221
  • tail43, 85
  • ToBI43, 71, 76
  • tonexi, xii, xiii, xv, xvii, 16, 18, 39–40 , 42–44 , 70–90 , 97, 99, 101–103 , 105, 108–109 , 113, 116, 122, 140–141 , 144, 146, 148–149 , 153, 156–158 , 160, 162, 164–165 , 171, 176, 178, 185–187 , 192, 195–196 , 215–217 , 221, 237–243
    • compound tones72
    • fallxi, xii, xvii, 7, 16–18 , 24, 71, 73, 76–78 , 79–89 , 97, 99–100 , 102–103 , 105, 108–109 , 111, 113–114 , 116–117 , 119–120 , 122, 126, 140–141 , 144, 146–149 , 152–153 , 155–157 , 160–162 , 164, 168, 170–171 , 175–176 , 178–179 , 185–186 , 195, 198, 216, 218–220 , 237, 239–240 , 242
    • risexvii, xi, xii, 16–17 , 24, 71, 76–80 , 82–91 , 97, 99–103 , 105, 108–109 , 113, 116–117 , 119–120 , 122, 126–127 , 139–141 , 144, 146–149 , 153, 155–157 , 160, 162, 164, 166–167 , 171, 175–176 , 178, 185–187 , 192, 195–196 , 198, 217, 219–220 , 237, 239–240 , 242
    • tonal movement71, 83, 148
  • tone unit/TUxiii, 70–76 , 80–85 , 87, 91, 99, 101–102 , 105, 109, 113, 116, 122, 126, 140, 144, 146, 149, 153, 156, 160, 164, 171, 176, 178, 196, 216–217
  • translation30, 131
  • turnxv, xiii, 3, 20, 23–24 , 38–40 , 50–51 , 60, 66–69 , 83–91 , 126–127 , 189, 198–199 , 215–217 , 219–220
    • turn-finalxiii, 66–69 , 84–90 , 99, 101–102 , 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 116–117 , 119, 121–122 , 126, 140–141 , 144, 146, 149, 152–153 , 156, 159–160 , 164, 170–171 , 174, 176–178 , 189, 199, 217, 219–220
    • turn-medialxiii, 66–69 , 84–91 , 99, 102–103 , 105, 107, 109–111 , 113, 116, 122, 126–127 , 140, 144, 146–147 , 149, 151, 153, 156, 159–160 , 164, 170–171 , 174–176 , 178, 189, 198, 216–217 , 220
    • turn-yielding23, 68, 107

U

  • uncertainty17, 19, 24, 26, 30, 82–83 , 91, 100–101 , 103, 108, 113–114 , 119, 127, 136–137 , 139, 141, 147, 157, 162, 181–182 , 198, 204
  • unexpectedness64, 83, 133, 149, 152–155 , 158–159 , 163, 166, 168, 170, 181, 184, 186–189 , 194, 203–205 , 208–209 , 212, 218–220 See see als mirativity
  • unexpectedness of H's stance149, 155, 184, 203, 205
  • unexpectedness of SoA153, 181, 186, 188, 203, 205
  • upgrade60, 170–172 See see downgrade

V

  • vocative40, 75
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