On Reacting to Assertions and Polar Questions
On Reacting to Assertions and Polar Questions
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DOI：
10.1093/jos/ffp010
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Bruce, Kim B.
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作者：
Farkas, Donka F.;Bruce, Kim B.
本文的目的是捕捉断言和极性问句之间的异同，以便能够解释在英语和其他语言中对这些言语行为的反应中存在的系统的部分重叠。我们首先讨论我们假设的话语成分，然后定义默认断言和默认极性问题，从而使我们能够描述对这些言语行为的两种类型的反应，确认和逆转反应。断言和极性问题的共同特点导致了它们都允许这些反应；两种言语行为之间的差异解释了确认和逆转动作对语境的不同影响，这取决于它们是对断言还是极性问题作出反应。然后，根据本文其余部分定义的概念，我们检查了罗马尼亚语中一组“极性”粒子的分布，并以一系列关于跨语言极性粒子的预测结束。
The aim of this paper is to capture the similarities and differences between assertions and polar questions so as to be able to account for the systematic partial overlap that exists in reactions to these speech acts in English and beyond. We first discuss the discourse components we assume and then define default assertions and default polar questions in a way that allows us to characterize two types of responses to these speech acts, confirming and reversing reactions. The common characteristics of assertions and polar questions are responsible for the fact that both allow these reactions; the differences between the two speech acts explain the different contextual effects confirming and reversing moves have depending on whether they react to an assertion or a polar question. We then examine the distribution of a set of 'polarity' particles in Romanian in terms of the notions defined in the rest of the paper and end with a series of predictions concerning polarity particles across languages.