Expressives and Questions

Directives, expressives, and motivation

When an agent’s motivation is sensitive to how his supervisor thinks about the agent’s competence, the supervisor has to take into account both informational and expressive contents of her message to the agent. This paper shows that the supervisor can credibly express her trust in the agent’s ability only by being unclear about what to do. Suggesting what to do, i.e., “directives,” could reveal...

Psycho-collocational expressives in Burmese

Perspective-shifting with appositives and expressives

(2) a. Lucille Gorman, an 84-year-old Chicago housewife, has become amazingly immune to stock-market jolts. [Treebank] b. uh, she starts a new job tomorrow, which should take her out of the house about four days a week. [Switchboard] c. In traffic so heavy that there is no way for the jerk to pass, I might pull over, as if to look for a street number or name, (still ignoring the jerk) just to g...

Iconicity in Expressives: An Empirical Investigation

Asthma: Achievements and Questions in Front

       Asthma, which is mainly distinguished by airway inflammation and bronchial hyper responsiveness, is known as one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. It also is the most frequent chronic respiratory disorder amongst all age groups. On one side of the asthma story, there are massive investment of time, effort and money, a large number of pharmaceutical and academic research stud...