Clift, R (2003) Synonyms in action: A Case Study. International Journal of English Studies, 3 (1). pp. 167-187.
Clift, R (2003) Synonyms in action: A Case Study. International Journal of English Studies, 3 (1). pp. 167-187.
Clift, R (2003) Synonyms in action: A Case Study. International Journal of English Studies, 3 (1). pp. 167-187.
Abstract
This paper discusses what the methods of conversation analysis (CA) might have to offer the study of linguistic synonymy. It takes as a case study two items commonly held to be synonyms -'actually' and 'in fact'- and shows considerable differences between the two in their interactional implementation: they are implicated in the prosecution of differing courses of action. Such cases argue that it is analytically more profitable to consider what a lexical item does in the context of talk than what it means.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | synonymy; conversation analysis (CA); actually; in fact |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2015 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:44 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11504 |
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