Publications

Authors:

Facchinetti, Roberta; Adami, Elisabetta

Title:

Intersubjective Patterns of English Modalised Mental State Verbs

Year:

2008

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

ENGLISH TEXT CONSTRUCTION

ISSN of journal:

1874-8767

N° Volume:

1

Number or Folder:

2

Page numbers:

198-225

Keyword:

intersubjectivity; modality; English varieties

Short description of contents:

We survey a set of syntactic configurations resulting from the modalisation of the mental verbs know, see and think in different varieties of English. The patterns are identified as falling within two discourse functions expressing intersubjectivity: (a) recognising the other without taking over and (b) acknowledging the other without giving in. In the former case, the Speaker/Writer intends to lead the interlocutor in one direction without overtly expressing his/her aim; the latter pertains to the Speaker/Writer’s attempt to anticipate a possible objection of the Addresssee or to counterbalance a previous statement. The data are drawn from seven components of the International Corpus of English and highlight specific trends of locutionary intersubjectivity pertaining to the varieties under scrutiny.

Product ID:

42064

Handle IRIS:

11562/318079

Deposited On:

June 30, 2008

Last Modified:

November 1, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Facchinetti, Roberta; Adami, Elisabetta, Intersubjective Patterns of English Modalised Mental State Verbs «ENGLISH TEXT CONSTRUCTION» , vol. 1 , n. 2 , 2008 , pp. 198-225

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