Stance-taking, the public act of positioning oneself toward objects, people or states of affairs,
has been studied in many fields of research. Recently, its multimodal realization in …

Korean demonstratives developed into a number of DMs, including ilen 'this kind of'and
celen 'that kind of'via ellipsis. From the perspective of stance-taking, these contrasting DMs …

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

This paper investigates the Korean vocative interjection ya 'hey'in multiple turn-
constructional unit (TCU) positions. A conversation analytic examination of telephone and …

This paper attempts to extend the investigation of Cantonese sentence final particles (SFPs),
and explore in particular their roles and functions in modulating the speaker's epistemic …

Given the growing consensus that grammar emerges as language is used in social
interaction, how grammar emerges through interaction still remains much unknown. This …

Given alternative grammatical options, how do native speakers make the choice in a given
communicative context? Drawing data from 300 videotaped conversations (100 h; one …

Demonstratives constitute a language universal. They are primarily spatial but can
designate mental space, signaling the speaker's stances in discourse. In stance-taking, eg …

Examines the social functions of attitude dative pronouns in four Arabic dialects Analysing
data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other …

Abstract This Special Issue showcases empirical research on linguistic forms that can
occupy multiple and diverse turn and sequence positions in a number of Asian languages …