First and second person forms as resources for open reference and participation in Finnish everyday conversations

Marja-Liisa Helasvuo; Karita Suomalainen

doi:10.1075/pbns.344.03hel

First and second person forms as resources for open reference and participation in Finnish everyday conversations

Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
, Karita Suomalainen

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Abstract

Based on data from Finnish conversational interaction, this article explores the use of 1st and 2nd person forms in creating deictically non-specific, open reference. We focus on the linguistic and embodied features of turns that contain these open personal forms and examine their sequential positioning. We show that the 1st and 2nd person forms that receive a deictically open interpretation typically occur in assessments, accounts of personal experience, and imaginary descriptions. They function as deictic displacements, shifting the origo of the speech situation, and causing a change of footing in the discourse roles, thus modulating the participation framework of the speech situation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	(Non)referentiality in Conversation
Editors	Michael C. Ewing, Ritva Laury
Publisher	John Benjamins
Chapter	3
Pages	35-55
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027247049
ISBN (Print)	9789027214621
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.344.03hel
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2024
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

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Name	Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
Volume	344
ISSN (Print)	0922-842X

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AAM-versionen med embargo på 12 månader efterfrågad 14.10.2024 (MLS)

Keywords

Finnish
everyday conversation
deixis
open reference
person expressions

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First and second person forms as resources for open reference and participation in Finnish everyday conversations. / Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa; Suomalainen, Karita.
(Non)referentiality in Conversation. ed. / Michael C. Ewing; Ritva Laury. John Benjamins, 2024. p. 35-55 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series; Vol. 344).

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