Versatile copulas and their stance-marking uses in conversational Odia, an Indo-Aryan language

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI:10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103641

Foong Ha Yap , Anindita Sahoo

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Abstract

Recent typological studies have identified some major functions associated with copulas, including tense-aspect-mood (TAM) and agreement (AGR) marking. In this paper, using conversational data from Odia, an Indo-Aryan language, we examine the speaker stance functions in copula constructions. More specifically, in addition to focus marking as a highlighting strategy, we show how copulas help to anchor the speaker’s subjective (attitudinal and affective) and intersubjective (socio-interactional) stance. Our analysis reveals that these (inter)subjective stances can be realized epistemically through the tense-mood marking functions of the copula, socio-interactionally through its agreement marking functions, and emphatically through its focus marking functions. The findings from this study contribute to our understanding of the relationship between copulas and stance-taking/stance-marking in spontaneous conversations in Indo-Aryan languages, and potentially other languages as well.

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印度雅利安语（Odia）会话中的多义共词及其立场标记用法

最近的类型学研究发现了一些与共轭词相关的主要功能，包括时态-情感（TAM）和一致（AGR）标记。本文使用印度-雅利安语（Odia）的会话数据，研究了共轭结构中的说话人立场功能。更具体地说，除了将重点标记作为一种强调策略外，我们还展示了共语如何帮助固定说话人的主观（态度和情感）和主体间（社会互动）立场。我们的分析表明，这些（主体间）立场可以通过连词的时态-语态标记功能在认识论上实现，通过其协议标记功能在社会交往中实现，以及通过其重点标记功能在强调论上实现。本研究的发现有助于我们理解印度-雅利安语以及其他潜在语言的自发会话中的共语和立场表述/立场标记之间的关系。

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Lingua Multiple-

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2.50

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9.10%

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24 weeks

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