Splitting the “ I ”s and Crossing the “ You ”s: Context, Speech Acts and Grammar

Splitting the “ I ”s and Crossing the “ You ”s: Context, Speech Acts and Grammar

The occurrence of split utterances (SUs) in dialogue raises many puzzles for grammar formalisms, from formal to pragmatic and even philosophical issues. This paper presents an account of some of the formal details that grammars need to incorporate in order to accommodate them. Using Dynamic Syntax (DS), we illustrate how by incorporating essential interaction with the context into the grammar itself, we can deal with speaker change in SUs: not only its effects on indexicals I and you , but also the multiple illocutionary forces that can arise. We also introduce a Split Turn Taking Puzzle (STTP) showing that the current speaker and the agent of the resulting speech act are not necessarily the same.

对话中分裂话语（SUs）的出现给语法形式体系带来了诸多难题，从形式问题到语用问题，甚至是哲学问题。本文阐述了语法为容纳分裂话语而需要纳入的一些形式细节。利用动态句法（DS），我们举例说明通过将与语境的关键互动纳入语法本身，我们如何能够处理分裂话语中的说话者转换：不仅是其对指示词“我”和“你”的影响，还包括可能产生的多种言外之力。我们还引入了一个分裂话轮转换难题（STTP），表明当前说话者和所产生的言语行为的施事者不一定相同。