A multimodal approach to reformulation

Meurant, Laurence; Sinte, Aurélie; Gabarró-López, Sílvia

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“…We frequently expound on a notion that has been previously expressed in a different fashion, whether in prepared or unprepared conversation (Meurant et al, 2022;Sagala & Rezeki, 2018;Zhang et al, 2022). The presence of reformulation in an appositional construction is not just additional information (Gunawan, 2020), but also a way for semiotic resources (Alipour, 2019, Goodwin, 2018, Sahyoni, 2018 to clarify the anchor's role as the antecedent.…”

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Semantic Review on the Reformulation as the Form of Clarification in Appositional Constructions

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2023

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This research-based article discusses appositives containing reformulation which is very important in the context of meaning particularly in the form of clarification to the anchor as the antecedent. This reformulation is viewed from the two aspects, i.e., semantic equivalence and coreference. Therefore, this research serves two aims: 1) to elucidate the forms of clarification provided by reformulation as semantic equivalence that makes anchors more comprehensible, and 2) to elaborate whether reformulation and its anchor are coreferential in the appositional constructions. The data sources are taken from English printed media within three levels of distributional coverage, i.e., national, regional and international coverage. The data are analysed through employing the method of qualitative research, that is, the method presenting descriptive data, both written and oral data. To analyse such descriptive data, the distributional method of analysis with the two techniques is used, namely, extracting techniques, and inserting techniques. The results of this research uncover that 1) the forms of clarification provided by the reformulation cover: a) metaphorical expression, b) factual knowledge, c) expression of revision, d) simplified expression, e) short forms (acronyms), f) emphasis through negative reformulation, and g) equivalence in other language; and 1) not all reformulations have coreferences. All of the reformulation forms are given to make the anchor more comprehensible.

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Semantic Review on the Reformulation as the Form of Clarification in Appositional Constructions

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2023

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2022

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Reformulation involves saying something again in a different way. Because of its metalinguistic nature (Rabatel 2017), combined with its general aim of clarifying the utterance, we propose to consider the act of reformulation as offering a window to the way interlocutors process and adjust themselves and their utterances in their social language practices. More specifically, this study proposes a set of four analytical criteria to characterize interlocutors’ investment in discourse and interaction via the observation of their use of reformulations. These criteria concern the frequency of reformulations within a production, the proportion of self- and other-reformulations (Güllich and Kotschi 1987), the type of adjustment that the act of reformulation seeks to achieve (Authier-Revuz 1995) and the type of semiotic strategies used, namely descriptive, indicative and depictive ways of meaning making (Clark 1996; Ferrara and Hodge 2018). The paper draws on the exploratory analysis of the productions of deaf LSFB signers extracted from the LSFB Corpus. It illustrates how describing the reformulations according to the proposed criteria, reveals distinctions between different patterns of pragmatic attitude and involvement in discourse and interaction. This approach opens new avenues for the pragmatic descriptions of LSFB and signed discourses in general.

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A multimodal approach to reformulation

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Semantic Review on the Reformulation as the Form of Clarification in Appositional Constructions

Semantic Review on the Reformulation as the Form of Clarification in Appositional Constructions

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