Specific functions of stance adverbs in interaction: "obviously" in Sherlock Holmes
Journal: Region - Educational Research and Reviews DOI: 10.32629/rerr.v5i2.1179
Abstract
Much research has studied stance markers, but little does detailed analysis on specific stance functions of a epistemic adverb apart from its classified basic function. This research does a corpus-study on the different stance functions of one epistemic adverb "obviously" in three seasons of Sherlock Holmes. The results are generated using Antconc software. Three practical functions are induced and some implications on learning and teaching stance markers are further discussed.
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stance marker; epistemic adverb; English teaching; obviously
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[3] Swales J, Burke A. 2003. "It's really fascinating work": Differences in evaluative adjectives across academic registers. Corpus Analysis: Language Structure and Language Use, 1-18.
[4] Gilquin G, Granger S, Paquot M. 2007. Learner corpora: the missing link in EAP pedagogy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 6(4): 319-335.
[5] Biber D. 2004. Historical patterns for the grammatical marking of stance: a cross-register comparison. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 5(1): 107-136.
[6] Biber D, Gray B. 2014. Stance markers. Corpus Pragmatics: A Handbook, 219-248. Cambridge University Press.
[7] Biber D, Staples S. 2014. Exploring the prosody of stance: variation in the realization of stance adverbials. Spoken Corpora and Linguistic Studies, 271-294. John Benjamins Publishing.
[8] Aijmer K. 2008. Modal adverbs in interaction: obviously and definitely in adolescent speech. The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation: Corpus Evidence on English Past and Present, 61-84. John Benjamins Publishing.
[9] Pérez-Paredes P, Bueno-Alastuey MC. 2019. A corpus-driven analysis of certainty stance adverbs: Obviously, really and actually in spoken native and learner English. Journal of pragmatics, 140: 22-32.
[10] Biber D. 2006. Stance in spoken and written university registers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(2): 97-116.
[11] Liu R, Ren P. 2012. A corpus-based comparative study of the expressions of attitudinal stance adverbs between Chinese and English students' written English. Journal of Educational Institute of Jilin Province, 12: 126-127.
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[13] Aijmer K, Simon-Vandenbergen A. 2007. The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty: a Corpus-based Study of English Adverbs. Mouton de Gruyter.
[14] Hunston S. 2007. Using a corpus to investigate stance quantitatively and qualitatively. Stancetaking in discourse: subjectivity, evaluation, interaction, 27-48. John Benjamins Publishing.
[15] Channell J. 2000. Corpus-based analysis of evaluative lexis. Evaluation in Text: Authorial Stance and the Construction of Discourse, 38-55. Oxford University Press.
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