TY  - GEN
A1  - Clausen, Yulia
A1  - Scheffler, Tatjana
T1  - A corpus-based analysis of meaning variations in German tag questions evidence from spoken and written conversational corpora
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - This paper addresses semantic/pragmatic variability of tag questions in German and makes three main contributions. First, we document the prevalence and variety of question tags in German across three different types of conversational corpora. Second, by annotating question tags according to their syntactic and semantic context, discourse function, and pragmatic effect, we demonstrate the existing overlap and differences between the individual tag variants. Finally, we distinguish several groups of question tags by identifying the factors that influence the speakers’ choices of tags in the conversational context, such as clause type, function, speaker/hearer knowledge, as well as conversation type and medium. These factors provide the limits of variability by constraining certain question tags in German against occurring in specific contexts or with individual functions.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 706 
KW  - German
KW  - tag questions
KW  - discourse functions
KW  - pragmatic variability
KW  - corpus annotation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-467882
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 706
ER  -