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T1  - Defining in talk-in-interaction : Recipient-design through negative definitional components 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/308871 
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A1  - Deppermann, Arnulf; De Stefani, Elwys 
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AB  - This article examines a recurrent format that speakers use for defining ordinary expressions or technical terms. Drawing on data from four different languages-Flemish, French, German, and Italian-it focuses on definitions in which a definiendum is first followed by a negative definitional component ('definiendum is not X'), and then by a positive definitional component ('definiendum is Y'). The analysis shows that by employing this format, speakers display sensitivity towards a potential meaning... 
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KW  - 6121 Languages; DEFINITION; negation; social interaction; meaning; interactional semantics; REPAIR; organization; SEMANTICS; FOLK 
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