Loose Language Interpretations of Heri in Assamese: A Relevance-Theoretical Account

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2327-7882/CGP/v23i03/23-42" target="_blank" >10.18848/2327-7882/CGP/v23i03/23-42</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Loose Language Interpretations of Heri in Assamese: A Relevance-Theoretical Account

Original language description

Languages often use specific tools to indicate that the speaker cannot recall a particular word, is experiencing a lexical gap, or wants to avoid using the correct term. In those instances, a speaker may use a placeholder (PH), which is a dummy element that replaces part of the syntactic structure used when a speaker is unable or unwilling to produce the target word or expression. The word heri is primarily used as a PH in Assamese. This study presents an analysis of heri in Assamese under the relevance-theoretical framework, focusing on its two pragmatic functions as a “summarizer” and as a “list extender”: beyond its role as a PH. The research is based on three hours of spontaneous conversational speech data, which were analyzed to identify all instances of heri. The findings indicate that the two pragmatic functions convey procedural meaning and involve loose language interpretations. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies

ISSN

23277882

e-ISSN

23278617

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

23 - 42

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105001987040