Abstract
ABSTRACTIn responses to English questions, prefacing with the particleohindicates that, from the viewpoint of the answerer, a question is problematic in terms of its relevance, presuppositions, or context. In addition, oh-prefacing is used to foreshadow reluctance to advance the conversational topic invoked by a question; it may also be part of a “trouble-premonitory” response to various types ofHow are youinquiries in conversational openings and elsewhere. (Conversation analysis, English, utterance design, particles.)
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,Language and Linguistics
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