Dialogic constructions and discourse units: The case of THINK AGAIN

• Vassiliki Geka ^[1] ; Sophia Marmaridou ^[2] ; Kiki Nikiforidou ^[2]
  1. [1] National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

     National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

     Dimos Athens, Grecia

     
  2. [2] National and Kapodistrian University o
• Localización: Review of cognitive linguistics, ISSN 1877-9751, Vol. 18, Nº. 2 (December 2020), 2020, págs. 480-518
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Adopting a constructionally-oriented analysis, the present paper examines the pattern ‘think again’ (i.e., an instance of a mental state verb + adverbial adjunct) in synchronic, corpus-derived data. On the basis of both qualitative and quantitative analyses we show that think again merits constructional status in language; while it inherits features of fully-compositional meaning from its constituents it has also developed its own idiosyncratic properties. We further argue that think again may ultimately function as a discourse marker of challenge that regulates the relationship between Speaker (S) and Addressee (A), correlating with certain contextual regularities and interdependencies. It thus qualifies as a discourse construction that imposes a dialogic construal on its context and contributes fundamentally to discourse unit delimitation.