The interactional emergence of conditional clauses as directives: constructions, trajectories and sequences of actions.

This article concerns the sequential emergence of Finnish and Swedish insubordinated jos and om ‘if’ adverbial clauses in interaction from a synchronic, online use perspective. The authors first demonstrate that such clauses function as complete directives without any main clauses, and that recipien...

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Published in:Language Sciences Vol. 58; pp. 8 - 22
Main Authors: Lindström, Jan, Lindholm, Camilla, Laury, Ritva
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Nov2016
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          Lindström, Jan
          Lindholm, Camilla
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          Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugric and Scandinavian Studies, PO Box 24, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
          Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, PO Box 4, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
          Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugric and Scandinavian Studies, PO Box 3, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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        Interaction model (Communication)
        Sequential pattern mining
        Clauses (Grammar)
        Finnish language
        Swedish language
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          Sequential pattern mining
          Clauses (Grammar)
          Finnish language
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        Conditionals
        Directive actions
        Emergent grammar
        Insubordination
        Online syntax
        Social interaction
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