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Stance-taking in Spanish-speaking Preschoolers' Argumentative Interaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine what linguistic resources are used for stance-taking in confrontational interactions. For this purpose, we analyze 70 argumentative sequences in spontaneous peer conversations during play situations of 4 dyads (2 mid
Migdalek, Maia Julieta   +2 more
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Evidence (re)presentation and evidentials in popular and academic history: facts and sources speaking for themselves

open access: yesKalbotyra, 2017
The paper pivots around the different roles of evidentials and the different ways in which evidence is represented in the discourse of popular and academic history, thereby exploring the dynamics of both genres from a discourse analytical perspective ...
Marina Bondi, Annalisa Sezzi
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Metadiscourse Markers in Master Thesis Abstracts of TEFL Students: A Case of the University of Mazandaran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2021
MMetadiscourse as a self-reflective linguistic device plays an important role in both making a coherent academic text and interacting with readers. Using a sequential mixed method design, the present study investigated the use of metadiscourse markers in
Effatsadat Moafi   +2 more
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Building a semantic map: top-down versus bottom-up approaches

open access: yesLinguistic Discovery, 2010
This paper contrasts two methods for constructing semantic maps: the top-down model and the bottom-up model. It is argued that the bottom-up approach can be illuminating in solving long-standing issues.
Ferdinand de Haan
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A Contrastive Study of Stancetaking in Obama’s Political Discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
An analysis of stancetaking in discourses enables us to analyze the implicit attitude of the speaker in a message. Although this is interesting in itself when dealing with general texts, it is even more important when dealing with political discourse. As
Hernández-Guerra, Conchi
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Semantic maps and the identification of cross-linguistic generic categories: evidentiality and its relation to epistemic modality

open access: yesLinguistic Discovery, 2010
Cross-linguistic generic categories like evidentiality, tense, aspect, number, and person are entrenched in linguistic theory. However, it is not clear whether there is much empirical substance to them.
Kasper Boye
doaj   +1 more source

Inferential Interrogatives with qué in Spanish

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
In this paper, we discuss the evidential properties of inferential interrogative sentences with qué in Spanish. This interrogative type exhibits the shape of a wh-question but the interpretation of a polar question.
Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Not Sure What Is Going on Today’: Verbal Evidential Strategies in Celebrity Gossip Blogs

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2014
Celebrity gossip blogs are rapidly becoming a widespread discursive practice to know the latest news about the rich and famous. Due to the numerous gossip blogs that exist in the blogosphere and their continuous flow of news, the bloggers feel the ...
Margarita Esther Sánchez
doaj   +1 more source

Evidentiality in ­Livonian; pp. 41-54 [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistica Uralica, 2012
The study focuses on dedicated grammatical evidentials and ­evidentiality strategies in the two main dialects of Livonian — Courland and Salaca Livonian.
Petar Kehayov   +2 more
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Evidentiality in Tsezic Languages

open access: yesLinguistic Discovery, 2011
This paper examines evidentiality in Tsezic ...
Zaira Khalilova
doaj   +1 more source

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