http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1713 (No description provided) Search the Channel search https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1715 Title: Discourse within a sentence: An exploration of postpositions in Japanese as an interactional resource <br/> <br/>Authors: Hayashi, Makoto <br/> <br/>Abstract / Summary: This study explores a phenomenon in Japanese conversation that might be regarded as “discourse-within-a-sentence,” or interpolating a sequence of talk during ongoing sentence construction. It explicates the way in which Japanese speakers use postpositional particles as a resource to incorporate an element in a parenthetical sequence into the syntax of a sentence-inprogress. It is shown that the usability of postpositions for achieving discourse-within-a-sentence comes from the situated workings of postpositions used in a wider range of interactional contexts. Through a detailed examination of relevant instances from transcribed Japanese conversations, this study addresses such issues as (i) “sentences” in interaction as both a resource for, and an outcome of, intricate interactional work; (ii) postpositions as resources for retroactive transformations of turnshapes in Japanese; and (iii) the relationship between typological features of the grammar of a language and forms of interactional practices. <br/> <br/>Keywords: Grammar and interaction; conversation analysis; postpositions; typology; Japanese