The Impact of Grammar on the Construal of Discourse Alternatives in German and English

This paper investigates additive links to discourse alternatives in picture comparison dialogues produced by adult native speakers of English and German. Additive relations are established across turns when participants are confirming the presence of matching objects on both pictures (A: “I have X”....

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Main Authors: Christine Dimroth, Marianne Starren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/3/240