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| Preface |
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| General Introduction |
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| Part 1 Definitions, Motivations and Typology of Discourse Readjustment Phenomena |
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3 | (2) |
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Chapter 1 Definitions: Mutual Intelligibility, Adjustment, Readjustment and Intersubjectivity |
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1.1 Preliminary reminders: language activity, language as a specific system, discourse and the role of subjectivity |
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1.2 Mutual intelligibility, adjustment, readjustment |
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1.3 Exploring the starting point: adjustment in TEO by Antoine Culioli |
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10 | (3) |
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1.4 Delimiting adjustment and the importance of the concept of readjustment |
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13 | (3) |
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1.5 The notion of intersubjectivity : when philosophy and linguistics meet |
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16 | (2) |
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1.6 Intrasubjectivity or the question of harmony between thought and speech |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Motivations Underpinning the Phenomena of Readjustment |
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23 | (18) |
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2.1 Phenomena linked to denotation |
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24 | (4) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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2.2 Phenomena linked to questions of reference |
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28 | (5) |
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2.2.1 Cases of fluctuating reference |
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28 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Derived speech acts and their effects in discourse |
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29 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Ambiguous utterances |
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30 | (3) |
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2.2.4 Problems of linguistic non-coincidences |
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33 | (1) |
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2.3 Questions linked to implicit messages |
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33 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Presupposed and implied messages |
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35 | (1) |
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2.4 Phenomena of play on/with language |
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36 | (4) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Typology of Readjustments |
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41 | (12) |
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3.1 Intra- and intersubjective readjustments: concrete manifestations |
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41 | (3) |
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3.1.1 Strictly intersubjective readjustments: focusing |
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41 | (2) |
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3.1.2 Intrasubjective readjustments: characterization |
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43 | (1) |
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3.2 Different degrees of reflexive view |
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44 | (3) |
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3.3 Readjustments on the microstructural and macrostructural level |
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47 | (1) |
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3.4 Readjustments to express oneself better, more correctly, or to change point of view |
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48 | (2) |
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3.5 Readjustments invalidating more or less the initial commitment? |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (2) |
| Part 2 Reformulations: Readjustments to Express Oneself More Accurately? |
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57 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 The Function of Reformulations in the Framework of Language Activity and Discourse |
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59 | (16) |
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4.1 Reformulations and reflexive view |
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59 | (3) |
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4.2 Discourse progression and the pragmatic value of reformulations |
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62 | (2) |
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4.3 Reformulations, verbal interactions and textual organization |
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64 | (1) |
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4.4 Readjustments with varied modalities |
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65 | (4) |
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4.4.1 Immediate or deferred reformulations? |
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66 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Self- or hetero-reformulations? |
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67 | (1) |
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4.4.3 Total or partial reformulations |
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68 | (1) |
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4.5 Configurations and associated discursive strategies |
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69 | (4) |
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4.5.1 Cases of "intersubjective readjustments" |
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69 | (2) |
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4.5.2 Cases of "intrasubjective" readjustments |
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71 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 The Notion of Reformulation and its Linguistic Manifestations |
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5.1 What link is there between segments, in a reformulation? |
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5.1.1 Paraphrase, or absence of explicit link |
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76 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Paraphrastic reformulation: when the equivalence is made explicit |
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77 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Non-paraphrastic reformulation, or re-elaboration of content |
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78 | (1) |
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5.2 How is an operation of reformulation identified? |
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5.2.1 The case of paraphrastic reformulations |
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80 | (2) |
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5.2.2 The case of non-paraphrastic reformulations |
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82 | (4) |
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86 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Paraphrastic or Non-paraphrastic Reformulations: Prototypical Introducers and Associated Strategies |
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6.1 Study of prototypical paraphrastic readjustments: the case of in other words |
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6.1.1 Overall function of the fixed phrase |
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6.1.2 Narrow or wide readjustments |
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92 | (2) |
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6.1.3 Readjustment and change in discursive level |
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94 | (2) |
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6.1.4 High compatibility with the change of voice |
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96 | (3) |
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6.2 Study of emblematic non-paraphrastic readjustments: the case of or rather |
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6.2.1 A meta-enunciative dimension |
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99 | (2) |
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6.2.2 Different facets of the readjustment at work |
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101 | (3) |
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6.2.3 Strategies and stylistic play linked to such readjustments |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
| Part 3 Phenomena of Re-examination: Readjustments to Perfect One's Stance? |
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113 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Recentering: In fact and Competing Markers |
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115 | (24) |
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7.1 Examination of "(re)centering" as a metaterm |
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115 | (1) |
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7.2 Questions relating to the sequence in fact |
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116 | (2) |
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7.3 Closeness and distance relating to reformulation |
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118 | (3) |
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7.4 The adverbial use and the connector |
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121 | (4) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (3) |
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7.5 The meaning effects associated with the fixed phrase |
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125 | (7) |
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7.5.1 The reconsideration associated with the adverb |
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125 | (1) |
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7.5.2 The connector and the effect of rectification |
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126 | (2) |
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7.5.3 The connector introducing an upgrading process |
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128 | (1) |
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7.5.4 The explicitation effect associated with the connector |
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129 | (1) |
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7.5.5 Connection and summarizing |
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130 | (2) |
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7.6 What type of readjustment underpins these effects? |
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132 | (2) |
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7.7 Semantically close sequences or markers |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Upgrading and Downgrading: the Cases of Or even and Or at least |
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139 | (20) |
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8.1 Examining notions of upgrading and downgrading |
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139 | (2) |
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8.2 Questions relating to the sequences or even and or at least |
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141 | (1) |
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8.3 Modus operandi of these sequences |
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8.3.1 Semantico-pragmatic instructions at work |
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142 | (3) |
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8.3.2 Conditions enabling readjustment and therefore predictability |
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145 | (3) |
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8.4 The role of the different markers in these sequences |
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8.4.1 Crucial role of the conjunction or |
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148 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Value of even and at least |
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150 | (2) |
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8.5 Interpretative mechanisms and representation of readjustments at work |
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152 | (2) |
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8.6 Possible discursive and rhetorical effects |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Potential Upgrading: the Sequence If not |
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159 | (12) |
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9.1 Configurations enabling the readjustment to emerge |
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160 | (2) |
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9.2 Components at play in this potential upgrading process |
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162 | (3) |
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9.2.1 The components' respective contribution |
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162 | (2) |
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9.2.2 Interaction of these markers |
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164 | (1) |
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9.3 Discursive and pragmatic effects linked to using such readjustments |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (1) |
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| Part 4 Distancing Processes: Readjustments for Changing Viewpoint? |
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175 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Abandoning a First Enunciative Perspective: Examination of Anyway |
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177 | (14) |
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10.1 Status of the marker anyway and questions raised |
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177 | (1) |
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10.2 Overview of the different configurations of use |
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178 | (2) |
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10.3 Principal hypotheses and putting into perspective |
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180 | (2) |
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10.4 Typology of the uses of anyway |
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182 | (4) |
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10.4.1 Distancing processes relating to an implicature |
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182 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Distancing relating to a part of the propositional content |
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183 | (1) |
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10.4.3 Distancing in relation to the status of a segment |
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184 | (1) |
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10.4.4 Distancing in relation to an approached subject |
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184 | (1) |
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10.4.5 Distancing in relation to the very act of communication |
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185 | (1) |
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10.5 A specific readjustment: abandoning a perspective |
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186 | (1) |
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10.6 Remarks on relating fixed phrases |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Disconnection and Renewed Stance: the Case of the Marker Now |
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191 | (10) |
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11.1 Status of the marker now |
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191 | (1) |
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11.2 Exploring the mechanisms in greater detail |
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192 | (6) |
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11.2.1 The temporal use: interpretative adjustment and marking boundaries |
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193 | (2) |
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11.2.2 The discursive use: a readjustment to be contextualized |
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195 | (3) |
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11.3 The fundamental value of now and the conditions for readjustment to emerge |
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198 | (1) |
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Chapter 12 The Fixed Phrase After all, or Reconsidering a Viewpoint |
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201 | (16) |
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12.1 First characterization of after all and questioning |
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201 | (4) |
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12.2 Reconsidering a point of view: manifestations |
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205 | (3) |
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12.3 Which viewpoint is brought into question? |
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208 | (2) |
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12.4 Configurations using after all and sequencing types |
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210 | (4) |
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12.5 The fundamental value of after all: readjustment, in terms of enunciative perspective |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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| Part 5 Inserted Segments: Readjustments for Playing with Language? |
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219 | (56) |
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221 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 The Use of Metalinguistic Expressions: Readjustments With Rhetorical Aim |
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223 | (16) |
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13.1 Questions raised by these expressions |
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223 | (1) |
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13.2 First characterization |
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224 | (3) |
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13.2.1 The metalinguistic dimension |
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224 | (1) |
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13.2.2 A reflexive view centered on an element |
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225 | (2) |
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13.3 Locating the target element |
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227 | (3) |
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13.4 The mechanisms at play in readjustment |
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230 | (6) |
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13.4.1 Partial opacification of the target element |
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13.4.2 The nature of the readjustment at work |
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231 | (5) |
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Chapter 14 Readjustments in Parenthetical Form |
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239 | (16) |
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14.1 Syntactical and enunciative characterization |
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239 | (4) |
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14.2 Parameters that trigger the identification of readjustment |
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243 | (2) |
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14.3 Discursive and pragmatic function of such readjustments |
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14.4 The difference between parentheses and dashes |
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249 | (2) |
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14.5 The different types of non-coincidences motivating these readjustments |
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251 | (2) |
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Chapter 15 Dialogical Readjustments: Structures in It is not that |
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15.1 First approach and questioning |
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255 | (2) |
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15.2 Syntactic characteristics of the construction |
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257 | (5) |
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15.3 The value of the markers, the construction and its variants |
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262 | (3) |
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15.4 Between the content and the wording: the nature of the readjustment at work |
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265 | (4) |
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15.5 A dialogical readjustment |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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| Part 6 Readjustments Characteristic of Oral Discourse: Phenomena of Co-enunciative (Re)Structuring? |
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275 | (54) |
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277 | (4) |
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Chapter 16 The Sequence I mean: From "Gap Filer" to Readjustment Marker |
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281 | (14) |
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16.1 Intended meaning and related issues |
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281 | (2) |
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16.2 Types of use and interpretations |
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283 | (5) |
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16.3 Self-interpretation and structuring |
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288 | (4) |
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16.3.1 Macro-readjustments and organizing information |
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288 | (2) |
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16.3.2 Micro-readjustments |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (3) |
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Chapter 17 Readjustments Calling on the Co-enunciator: You know and You see |
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295 | (18) |
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17.1 Compatibility with introducing readjustments |
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295 | (3) |
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17.2 Detachment and meta-enunciative status |
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298 | (3) |
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17.3 Different types of use and specificities of these readjustments |
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17.3.1 Uses outside the readjustment framework |
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17.3.2 Uses within the readjustment framework |
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303 | (4) |
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17.4 Interpersonal dimension and enunciative construction in process |
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Chapter 18 Expectations of the Co-enunciator: the Use of Mind you |
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313 | (14) |
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18.1 Observation of host configurations |
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313 | (3) |
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18.2 Argumentative contexts linked to using the fixed phrase |
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316 | (3) |
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18.2.1 Concessive anti-oriented linking |
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317 | (1) |
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18.2.2 Refutative anti-oriented linking |
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317 | (1) |
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18.2.3 Co-oriented linking |
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318 | (1) |
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18.3 What fundamental value for mind you? |
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319 | (4) |
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18.4 Parameters explaining the type of readjustment at work |
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323 | (2) |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (2) |
| General Conclusion |
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329 | (6) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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