Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society 2008: Recent submissions
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Designed ‘to be’ or ‘not to be’ complete? The status of the –te form in Japanese syntax for conversation
Published 2010-01-01According to the conversation analytic model of turn taking, the essential element for turn organization is the recognition of a turn at talk as being possibly complete – at possible completions speaker change becomes a ...Open AccessConference paper -
The treatment of reported speech
Published 2010-01-01Despite the substantial literature on reported speech, its treatment in structural and quantitative-distributional analyses of discourse has remained problematic. This article surveys and discusses a range of methodological ...Open AccessConference paper -
Is there any Evidence of Rhoticity in Historical Australian English?
Published 2010-01-01Australian English is traditionally regarded as having been non-rhotic throughout its history, but a recent study by Trudgill and Gordon (2006) has found rhoticity levels of 1% to 20% in audio recordings of six Australian ...Open AccessConference paper -
Universal quantification in children’s English
Published 2010-01-01Researchers since Inhelder and Piaget (1964) have replicated a curious finding. When using a picture-verification task (e.g., a picture of four elephants, three of them being ridden by boys), children have been shown to ...Open AccessConference paper -
“And I was like ‘ah yeah, what are they talking about?’” – The use of quotatives in New Zealand English
Published 2010-01-01Research in recent years has shown that the use of quotatives such as say, think and be like is an important narrative tool in English interactions. These devices can be used to make a story more immediate and entertaining ...Open AccessConference paper