Comments on: Continuity and Discontinuity as a Continuum http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/ Removing the mystery from discourse grammar Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Where does contrast come from? | NT Discourse http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-3469 Where does contrast come from? | NT Discourse Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:55:16 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-3469 [...] and discontinuity are not binary items, but two ends of a continuum. Here’s an older post on the matter. My kids are badgering me to take them to their youth group bbq, but head over to [...] [...] and discontinuity are not binary items, but two ends of a continuum. Here’s an older post on the matter. My kids are badgering me to take them to their youth group bbq, but head over to [...]

]]> By: Paul O'Rear http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 Paul O'Rear Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:18:23 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-1822 I believe the Aussies might use "Fair dinkum" in a similar sort of way, though I've also heard "Right" from one of my mates from Oz. Here in the Seattle area, you might hear "So" used in a similar sort of transitional manner. I believe the Aussies might use “Fair dinkum” in a similar sort of way, though I’ve also heard “Right” from one of my mates from Oz.

Here in the Seattle area, you might hear “So” used in a similar sort of transitional manner.

]]> By: Even the Masoretes are into it « NT Discourse http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Even the Masoretes are into it « NT Discourse Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-626 [...] have done a series of posts focusing on the role of discontinuity in discourse, primarily considering its application to understanding the use of the historical present in the [...] [...] have done a series of posts focusing on the role of discontinuity in discourse, primarily considering its application to understanding the use of the historical present in the [...]

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Peter Kirk Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:59:48 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-612 I'm not really saying it is anomalous, just not very common. Thanks for reminding me of the Fawlty Towers usage which would suggest it is actually a bit rude. I think I would say something like "OK, let's get back to the subject", but I might shorten that to just "OK" or "Right" if I was in a hurry or getting impatient. I’m not really saying it is anomalous, just not very common. Thanks for reminding me of the Fawlty Towers usage which would suggest it is actually a bit rude. I think I would say something like “OK, let’s get back to the subject”, but I might shorten that to just “OK” or “Right” if I was in a hurry or getting impatient.

]]> By: Steve Runge http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Steve Runge Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:29:10 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-611 I have heard John Cleese with the same kind of usage in Faulty Towers, typically when he wanted to change the subject. What you describes sounds correct, but I had not realized it was anomalous usage. What would be a more normal expression in the UK? I have heard John Cleese with the same kind of usage in Faulty Towers, typically when he wanted to change the subject. What you describes sounds correct, but I had not realized it was anomalous usage. What would be a more normal expression in the UK?

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/08/continuity-and-discontinuity-as-a-continuum/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Peter Kirk Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:04:13 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=699#comment-609 As a British English speaker I would suggest that Levinsohn's use of "right" is perhaps a little idiosyncratic but not completely out of the ordinary. I would think it started off as a questioning "Right?" at the end of the response to a question, inviting the questioner's agreement. But if the lecturer wants to get back to the main topic without giving time for further discussion, "Right" loses its question intonation and is followed with no pause by the resumption of the lecture. An interesting case indeed. As a British English speaker I would suggest that Levinsohn’s use of “right” is perhaps a little idiosyncratic but not completely out of the ordinary. I would think it started off as a questioning “Right?” at the end of the response to a question, inviting the questioner’s agreement. But if the lecturer wants to get back to the main topic without giving time for further discussion, “Right” loses its question intonation and is followed with no pause by the resumption of the lecture. An interesting case indeed.

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