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Title: Nonstraightforward ascription

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Non-straightforward ascription

Kees Hengeveld M. Evelien Keizer

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Introduction

deeleebob, deeleebobber, diddleebob, diddleydo,
diddleything, diddlethingy, dingus, dingdong,
dingy, doobry, doobrie, dooda, doodad, doodah,
doofer, doohickey, doover, dojigger, gadget,
geega, gewgaw, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, goodie,
gubbins, hootenanny, lookit, thingamabob, thingo,
thingumabob, thingmabob, thingmabobbit,
thingamajig, thingmajig, thingumajig, thingummy,
thingummybob, thingy, thingybob, what not,
whatchacallem, whatchacallit, whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum, whatever, whatsis, whatsisname,
whatsit, whatsits, whosis, whosit, whosits,
widget
(World Web Online, Dictionary and Thesaurus
Crystal 1995a, 1995b)

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Introduction
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Contents

Ascription and reference in FDG
Non-straightforward ascription in FDG
Non-straightforward ascription in English
Non-straightforward reference
Non-straightforwardness vs mitigation
Conclusion

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Ascription and reference in FDG
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Ascription and reference as actions

Ascription and reference are actional categories.
It is the speaker that ascribes and refers
through the selection of the appropriate
linguistic material and strategies. The same
linguistic unit can be used now ascriptively, now
referentially
I met a German expat.
He is a German expat.

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Ascription and reference as actions

IL (RJ (TJ) (TK)
(RI))
RL (xj (fj expat (fk)) (xj)U (fl
German (fl)) (xj)U)
(I met) a German expat.

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Non-straigthforward ascription in FDG
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T-heads, T-operators, T-modifiers

(p T1 H (T1) S (T1))
(p T1 H (T1) S (T1)) Head
(p T1 H (T1) S (T1)) Operator
(p T1 H (T1) S (T1)) Modifier

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T-heads, T-operators, T-modifiers

(p T1 whatchamacallit (T1) S (T1))
Head
She used the whatchamacallit color. (Internet)
(Approx T1 H (T1) S (T1))
Operator
The color of my eye is yellow-ish. (Internet)
(p T1 H (T1) more or less (T1))
Modifier
light hair is to be regarded as a "subdued
orange," which is more or less yellow, red, or
brown (Internet)

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Degrees of approximation/exactness
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Unspecified ascription

Turkish (Baris Kabak, pers. comm.)
Tamam, o zaman on-lar-i birak-in
burda,
OK DEM time DEM-PL-ACC leave-IMP.PL here
diploma-niz-ida Pazartesi
diploma-2.PL.POSS-ACCTOP Monday
sey et-tir-ip öyle getir
-in.
thingummy do-CAUS-NARR like.that bring-IMP.PL
OK, then leave the others here, and have your
diploma thingummied (certified) on Monday and
bring it like that.

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Underspecified ascription

Brazilian Portuguese (internet)
Dois fulan-o-s lá do
two thingummy.M.PL there from.the
bairro andam à tua procura
neighbourhood walk at your search
Two thingummies from the neighbourhood are
looking for you.

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Underspecified ascription

Brazilian Portuguese (internet)
Se discute qual das duas fulan-a-s
REFL discuss which of.the two thingummy-F-P
L
matou alguém.
killed someone
It is being discussed which of the two
thingummies killed someone.

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Approximate ascription

Dutch
windhoos-achtig verschijnsel
hurricane-like phenomenon
geel-achtig-e jas
yellow-like-AGR coat

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Exact ascription

Leti
N-tivle N-tivla
3.SG-flapEXCT 3.SG-flap
It flaps. It flaps.
Van Engelenhoven (2004 160)

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Non-straigthforward ascription in English
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Unspecified ascription

Sorry to call it a thingummy by the way, but I
don't really know how else to describe this kind
of website. (Internet)
I am now at home reading the forum whilst
marinating pork and frying tofu, to be
thingummied with tomatoes and spring onions
(Internet)
Mens Sana In Thingummy Doodah.

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Underspecified ascription

Things whatchacallit, whatchamacallit
Persons gubbins, whosis
Male only whats(h)isname, whats(h)isface
Female only whats(h)ername

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Approximate ascription

She had her hair kind of down in a kind of I
don't know net ltICE-GBS1A-037 1491Bgt
It was sort of between Leicester Square and
Piccadily Circus ltICE-GBS1A-071 3311Dgt
He like wrestles with me and just stuff that a
big brother would do. (COCA)

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Approximate ascription

in a lot of other contact-based dance work you
can actually cheat and not give your weight fully
or uhm take weight fully, and it becomes a bit
sort of nothingy ltICE-GBS1A-002 1312Bgt
A Uh and then as you told us his uh, he he was
interested in uh a business which was within a
twenty-five mile radius of Hammersmith
B Ish yes lt,gt
A Well you didn't say ish earlier, you said
twenty-five twenty-five mile radius
ltICE-GBS1B-064 71Agt-ltICE-GBS1B-064 101Agt

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Exact ascription

A true Hindu, according to Gandhi, is one "who
believes in God, immortality of the soul,
transmigration, the law of Karma and Moksha, and
who tries to practise Truth and Ahimsa in daily
life " (BNC)
He was a tourist who had turned a corner at just
the right time, spotting Willie at the very
moment he slipped into the water. (COCA)

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Non-straightforward reference
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Unspecified Rs

Dutch
Dinges, Dingetje Dee, Huppeldeflups
Vorige week kreeg ik bericht van de
firma
last week got I message from the fir
m
Huppeldeflups (God mag weten wat de naam
is).
Huppeldeflups (God may know what the name is)
Last week I got a message from the Huppeldeflups
company (God knows what their name is).

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Unspecified Rs

"How can you say that?" "Be logical, like your
detective character Norman Thingummy." "Nathan
Latimer," Melissa corrected frostily. (BNC)

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Underspecified Rs

Spanish
Fulano de Tal/Fulana de Tal
Fulano, Mengano, Zutano y Perengano/
Fulana, Mengana, Zutana y Perengana
Juan Perez, Perico de los Pelotes, Rita la Pollera

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Underspecified Rs

John Doe, Jane Doe, Baby Doe
Tom, Dick, and Harry

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Approximative Rs

Brazilian Portuguese (Braga Souza in prep.)
Sinto uma coisa ruim aí.
I.feel a thing bad there
I am sensing something bad.

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Approximative Rs

Brazilian Portuguese (Braga Souza in prep.)
Hoje tô muito feliz devido à uns
today I.am very happy due to some
acontecimentos aí.
events there
Today I am very happy due to certain things that
happened.

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Approximative Rs

if I'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a,
a holding fund for, for individuals (BNC)
How do you think the kids will respond in later
life to kind of the indoctrination that you're
giving them now? (COCA)
Well as I say you can't speak it because it
hasn't actually got like a dictionary
ltICE-GBS1A-015 2101Agt

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Exact Rs

Leti
vuarlalavne vuarlalavn
bigmountainEXCT bigmountain
a big mountain a sort of a big
mountain
Van Engelenhoven (2004 160)

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Exact Rs

He was a tourist who had turned a corner at just
the right time, spotting Willie at the very
moment he slipped into the water. (COCA)
They're just the right size for me! (Internet)

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Non-straightforwardness versus mitigation
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Mitigation and Reinforcement

I mean he's a bit odd ltICE-GBS1A-005 151Agt
That evening, I was lying on the field, feeling
(like Charles Lamb) "ratherish unwell," when some
of my men, among them King, came to hunt for me.
(Google)
Sounds like a right nutter. (BNC)
It's an absolute nightmare

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Approximation or Mitigation

And she has a slightly sort of cynical attitude
as though she's saying ltICE-GBS1A-054 0091Agt

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Exactness or Reinforcement

Keith's house looked the same, neat raw brick and
everything utterly symmetrical. ltICE-GBW2F-003
451gt

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Unexpected combinations

Well, Leslie Titmus is the sort of was the sort
of real Thatcherite uh, little working class boy
in the village ltICE-GBS1B-042 2142Bgt
That's really kind of uh quite specific really
ltICE-GBS1A-034 222gt
Particularly sort of peevish sort of way really
ltICE-GBS1A-037 1831Agt

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Approximation/Exactness and Mitigation/Reinforceme
nt
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Conclusion
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Conclusions

Marking of the degree of straightforwardness of
ascription is a pervasive feature of languages
The distinctions made in the area of
non-straightforward ascription apply equally in
the field of reference
Though forcefulness and straightforwardness may
surface in similar ways, it is important to make
the distinction between them