A range of uses of negative epistemic constructions in German: ICH WEIß NICHT as a resource for dispreferred actions

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• 作者：Henrike Helmer ; ^{helmer@ids-mannheim.de}Author Vitae ; Silke Reineke ^{reineke@ids-mannheim.de}Author Vitae ; Arnulf Deppermann ^{deppermann@idsmannheim.de}Author Vitae
• 关键词：German ; Interactional linguistics ; Epistemics ; Preference organization ; Mental verb constructions
• 刊名：Journal of Pragmatics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：106
• 期：Complete
• 页码：97-114
• 全文大小：2871 K
• 卷排序：106

文摘

Examines German ICH WEIß NICHT (‘I don’t know’) regarding complementation patterns. Claiming to have no knowledge actually does not mean to have no knowledge. Fully realized variants display lack of knowledge or reluctance to answer a question. Reduced variants show tentativeness or potential inadequacy of subsequent utterances. ICH WEIß NICHT in response to assertions and assessments functions as objection.