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ÁGNES DELI Interpersonality and Textuality in Discourse
Interpersonality and Textuality in Discourse 103 and the interpretation processes are governed by the context in a way or another, that meanings do not evolve at random and the speaker's intention is —more often than not —linguistically detectable. A thorough investigation of eh citations in conversation shows that indeed, there are certain signals, discourse markers, which—however indirect —are revealing for the experienced listener as to the function of the utterance. My assumption is that these signals manifest some discourse factors, which, clearly, as a constituent of the context contribute to the elicitative function of the utterance. Let us consider some non-interrogative elicit ations. 5. B: 1956. It was at Wembly. We sang we we danced and swam. A: I never actually knew she came over and did a show over here. B: Yes, she did. I think that was the only show she ever did here. 6. A; I must ask you about the spelling of your name, incidentally. It's [ilein], Is V double V, V, 'y\ V, V. It's a # long way round. B: (laughs) Well, it's in a an effort to get it pronounced like the French Heléne. 7. A: You just have been made redundant, I gather , talking of other things. B; Unfortunately, yes, just recently. 8. A: But it seems to me you're just looking for tolerance rather than unity. B: Yes, I want tolerance, you see, # you are not going to get unity with all the Christian people. You don't have unity in the # in the Jewish faith. They have # progressives and they have the Hassids, but they've got [a] they're still all Jewish. 9. A: Anyway it's lovely to have spoken to you John. And J understand I can have a photograph. B: You can have a photograph, yes, but you can have a sticker as well 10. A: Judith, I take it , that, broadly speaking, women get paid between two thirds and three quarters of the income of their male counterparts. B: Yes, I'm afraid, that's true. 11. BI: (laughs) Well it's in a an effort to get it pronounced like the French Heléne.
