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  Bilateral and unilateral requests: The use of imperatives and Mi X? interrogatives in Italian

Rossi, G. (2012). Bilateral and unilateral requests: The use of imperatives and Mi X? interrogatives in Italian. Discourse Processes, 49(5), 426-458. doi:10.1080/0163853X.2012.684136.

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Rossi, Giovanni1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Author           
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1Human Sociality and Systems of Language Use, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_808546              
2Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_792548              
3Multimodal Interaction, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_55216              
4Interactional Foundations of Language, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_745546              
5International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_1119545              

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 Abstract: When making requests, speakers need to select from a range of alternative forms available to them. In a corpus of naturally-occurring Italian interaction, the two most common formats chosen are imperatives and an interrogative construction that includes a turn-initial dative pronoun mi “to/for me”, which I refer to as the Mi X? format. In informal contexts, both forms are used to request low-cost actions for here-and-now purposes. Building on this premise, this paper argues for a functional distinction between them. The imperative format is selected to implement bilateral requests, that is, to request actions that are integral to an already established joint project between requester and recipient. On the other hand, the Mi X? format is a vehicle for unilateral requests, which means that it is used for enlisting help in new, self-contained projects that are launched in the interest of the speaker as an individual.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2011-11-0320122012
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2012.684136
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Title: Discourse Processes
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Publ. Info: Norwood, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 49 (5) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 426 - 458 Identifier: ISSN: 0163-853X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925480576