Response particles in Lithuanian conversation and turn design

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Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Response particles in Lithuanian conversation and turn design
Authors:
Jasionytė-Mikučionienė, Erika
In the Journal:
Language: codification, competence, communication. 2023, 2 (9), p. 26-44
Subject Category:
LT
Kalbos vartojimas. Sociolingvistika / Language use. Sociolinguistics.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe paper deals with response particles in Lithuanian conversation. The results of the analysis provide evidence that sequential environments response particles are used in turn out to be central. Thus, the distinctive usages and functions of the particles are investigated in the following sequences: questionsanswers, assertions-reactions and directives-reactions. The paper considers similarities and contrasts among the Lithuanian affirmative as well as negative particles. The results of the analysis show that the particles mainly appear in positive responses, thus the inventory of the affirmative particles is much more abundant than that of negative particles. The primary functions of the particles encompass responding to a previous turn: they occur as positive or negative answers to polar (yes-no) questions, as responses to assertions or directives, and as so-called feedback (or back-channel) elements. Affirmative particles firstly operate as confirmation and agreement markers, while negative particles, on their turn, primarily operate as disagreement markers, though at times they have also a capacity of functioning as agreement devices. Sequential contexts appear to have an impact on the emergence of discursive (resp. interactional) meanings of response particles that have not been discussed in Lithuanian grammars. Key words: response particles, affirmative and negative particles, questionanswer sequences, Lithuanian conversation, turn design. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.24025/2707-0573.9.2024.292852
ISSN:
2707-112X
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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