Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction

Hilla Polak-Yitzhaki

doi:10.1075/slsi.32.05pol

Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction

Hilla Polak-Yitzhaki

Department of Hebrew Language

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Abstract

This study focuses on the Hebrew construction ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' in a corpus of informal audio and video conversation. Taking an interactional linguistics approach, I argue that the construction serves as a metalingual fragment constituting a projecting construction. Its employment is fixed and formulaic, it occurs at a moment of shift in the discourse and is used to project talk which does three kinds of social work: displaying the speaker's stance; setting the record straight regarding the speaker's personal world; and revealing delicate information. Each function emerges in a context-sensitive manner, revealing the relationship between the construction and its sequential position. Employment of the construction illustrates the ways grammar evolves from the interactions among conversational participants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action
Editors	Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindstrom, Leelo Keevallik
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages	127-150
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027261939
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.05pol
State	Published - 2020

Publication series

Name	Studies in Language and Social Interaction
Volume	32
ISSN (Print)	1879-3983

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Keywords

Hebrew
Predicative clause
Projecting construction
Routinization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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Polak-Yitzhaki, H. (2020). Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction. In Y. Maschler, S. P. Doehler, J. Lindstrom, & L. Keevallik (Eds.), Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action (pp. 127-150). (Studies in Language and Social Interaction; Vol. 32). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.05pol

Polak-Yitzhaki, Hilla. / Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse : The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction. Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action. editor / Yael Maschler ; Simona Pekarek Doehler ; Jan Lindstrom ; Leelo Keevallik. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. pp. 127-150 (Studies in Language and Social Interaction).

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Polak-Yitzhaki, H 2020, Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction. in Y Maschler, SP Doehler, J Lindstrom & L Keevallik (eds), Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action. Studies in Language and Social Interaction, vol. 32, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 127-150. https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.05pol

Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction. / Polak-Yitzhaki, Hilla.
Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action. ed. / Yael Maschler; Simona Pekarek Doehler; Jan Lindstrom; Leelo Keevallik. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. p. 127-150 (Studies in Language and Social Interaction; Vol. 32).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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Polak-Yitzhaki H. Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction. In Maschler Y, Doehler SP, Lindstrom J, Keevallik L, editors, Emergent Syntax for Conversation. Clausal patterns and the organization of action. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2020. p. 127-150. (Studies in Language and Social Interaction). doi: 10.1075/slsi.32.05pol

Emergent patterns of predicative clauses in spoken Hebrew discourse: The ha'emet (hi) she- 'the truth (is) that' construction

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