Other-repetitions in Mandarin Chinese

IF 0.1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Xiuzhen Xiong, Lihong Quan
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Abstract

It is generally acknowledged that other-repetitions have various functions in daily conversation. However, no research has yet been done to explore the relationship between their functions and responses. This study sets out to bridge this gap by investigating the functions of other-repetitions in Mandarin Chinese conversations as well as the relationships between the functions and the responses. Adopting the method of conversation analysis, the study shows that other-repetitions may be accomplished by no response, minimal response, and expanded response, which are highly related with the functions that other-repetitions fulfil. Specifically, (i) for other-repetitions serving as reactive tokens to show listenership, alignment, and registering of receipt, no response is needed; (ii) for other-repetitions indicating recipients’ understanding of the previous utterance, a further confirmation or minimal response is generally needed; and (iii) for other-repetitions with a rising intonation or particular stress of certain words indicating recipients’ failure in understanding what is uttered, they will be accomplished by expanded responses.
普通话中的其他重复
人们普遍认为,其他重复在日常会话中具有多种功能。然而,目前还没有研究来探索它们的功能和反应之间的关系。本研究旨在通过调查普通话会话中其他重复的功能以及这些功能与反应之间的关系来弥补这一差距。采用会话分析的方法,研究表明,其他重复可以通过无反应、最小反应和扩展反应来完成,这与其他重复所完成的功能高度相关。具体而言,(i)对于用作反应性标记的其他重复,以显示听众、对齐和登记接收,不需要响应;(ii)对于指示接受者理解先前话语的其他重复,通常需要进一步的确认或最小的响应;以及(iii)对于某些单词的语调上升或特定重音的其他重复,表明接受者无法理解所说的内容,它们将通过扩大反应来完成。
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East Asian Pragmatics
East Asian Pragmatics Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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