Welp in talk-in-interaction: Moving on from publicly available disappointments

IF 1.8 1区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI:10.1016/j.pragma.2024.10.009

Drew Spain

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Abstract

This paper investigates how welp, a phonetic variant of the discourse particle well that has achieved recognition through its proliferation online, functions within talk-in-interaction. Its usage is identified in two positions: 1) prefacing a sequence-closing assessment produced in reaction to a publicly available gap between expectations and the result of some interactional enterprise, and 2) produced solitarily in the same context in order to close a sequence and move on to the next. Solitary welp is then compared with oh well in order to distinguish between their orientations, and evidence supports the conclusion that whereas oh well surrenders an ongoing project, welp orients to an already concluded matter.

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Welp in talk-in-interaction：从公开的失望中继续前进

本文研究了 "welp "如何在谈话互动中发挥作用。"welp "是话语微粒 "well "的语音变体，在网络上广为流传，并获得了认可。本文确定了它的两种用法：1) 作为序列结束评估的前置词，是对预期与互动结果之间的公开差距的反应；2) 在同一语境中单独使用，以结束序列并进入下一个序列。有证据支持这样的结论，即 "哦，好 "是放弃一个正在进行的项目，而 "好 "是指向一个已经结束的事情。

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Journal of Pragmatics Multiple-

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3.90

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18.80%

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219

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