From immediate to extended intersubjectification: a gradient approach to intersubjective awareness and semasiological change

• DOI: 10.1017/langcog.2015.26
• Publication Date: 2015-12-28T09:25:24Z
• Authors: VITTORIO TANTUCCI
• Keywords: Intersubjectivity; Utterance

abstract This paper provides a theoretical and methodological contribution to the heated debate on intersubjectivity intersubjectification (Nuyts, 2001, 2012; Traugott & Dasher, 2002; Traugott, 2003, 2010, Verhagen, 2005; Narrog, Dancygier Sweetser, 2012). I will argue that intersubjectivity, intended as subject’s awareness of other persona(s)’ feelings, knowledge, beliefs, can be construed alternatively an ‘immediate’ ‘extended’ level. Immediate (I-I) corresponds mutual speech participants during ongoing event, whereas extended (E-I) includes assumed third party (specific or generic) who has indirect social bearing utterance (cf. Tantucci 2013, 2014). Along unidirectional cline change, constitutes further stage semantic and/or grammatical reanalysis with respect its immediate counterpart. In order empirically justify diachronic continuum between two, provide some corpus-illustrated Tummers et al., 2005, p. 235) examples from Mandarin corpus-based evidence about constructions [ you don’t want X] believe it not in American English.