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dc.contributor.authorSabet, P.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T04:42:18Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T04:42:18Z
dc.date.created2018-08-08T03:50:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationSabet, P. and Zhang, G. 2018. The Pragmatic Functions of ‘I Don't Think’ and ‘I Think + Not’. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 38 (3): pp. 421-441.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69780
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07268602.2018.1470459
dc.description.abstract

This study provides an account of the pragmatic functions of the stance markers ‘I don't think’ and ‘I think + not’, based on naturally-occurring L1 (American English speakers) and L2 (Chinese and Persian English speakers) classroom corpora. Of the four pragmatic functions, emphatic, evaluative, tentative and mitigating, evaluative (informative) is used the most and mitigating (interpersonal) is used the least. The two expressions can also be explained in terms of fluidity and stretchability. There is a certainty degree of fluidity in the use of ‘I don't think’ and ‘I think + not’; they may perform more than one function simultaneously in the same utterance. Stretchability is manifested in that from the default evaluative function, the expressions stretch upwards (strengthening) to the emphatic and downwards (softening) to the tentative and mitigating functions.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleThe Pragmatic Functions of ‘I Don't Think’ and ‘I Think + Not’
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume38
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.issn0726-8602
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Linguistics
curtin.departmentSchool of Education
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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