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From pitch to purpose: The prosodic-pragmatic mapping of [I + verb] belief constructions in English and Mandarin
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This paper explores how prosodic variation via focus-marking acts as a pragmatic tool to create conversational implicatures. A cross-linguistic study in Mandarin and English was conducted to investigate this prosodic-pragmatic link through a particular pragmatically ambiguous construct: [I + verb] preceding an opinion. Given that opinions inherently express speaker belief, the addition of [I + verb] belief constructs (i.e. “I think,” “I feel,” “I believe”) appears semantically redundant. Pr...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 1.0MB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.10.015
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- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Pragmatics Journal website
- Volume:
- 123
- Pages:
- 57-77
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-10-15
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1879-1387
- ISSN:
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0378-2166
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pubs:736405
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- pubs:736405
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- 2017-10-17
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- Elsevier BV
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.10.015
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