Since the 1960's, the systematic description of languages has gained unprecedented
attention among linguists. While scholars have documented robust evidence for universal …

This study demonstrates that the Korean connective tunci “or” has developed into a
sentence-final particle, which carries varied discourse functions, expressing a) suggestions …

This study aims to analyze hedging strategies in a financial communication context. The
American Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”) is frequently investigated by economists, but …

Demonstratives are ubiquitous in the world's languages, but their range of extended
functions often vary in interesting ways from one language to another. In this paper, we focus …

This paper interrogates the ways Chinese journalists judge behaviors of different news
actors (individuals or institutions written about in a news report) in Chinese hard news …

An engaging introduction to the study of spoken interaction, this book provides a thorough
grounding in the theory and methodology of conversation analysis. It covers data collection …

In this paper, we analyze the expression of subjective and intersubjective stance through a
particular class of possessive markers in Central Mongolian. Central Mongolian has two …

This study aims to investigate the types and functions of expressions of fear realized in the
form of sentences. With a special context in horror movies, the researcher attempted to …

This study takes a holistic and systemic approach to clause initial and final particles in
Dagaare (Niger-Congo: Gur), and argues that this approach is the basis for a systematic …

The study aims to investigate the lexical verbs of hedging used by two White House
secretaries in press briefings, namely Jen Psaki (JP) and Karine Jean Pierre (KJP). The …