We plan to hold two sessions.
Complement-taking predicates, especially mental state predicates such as think, when used with first or second person subject may operate as markers of epistemic stance in conversation (see Scheibman 2001, Thompson 2002). In this presentation, I focus on two verbs in Chinese, namely xiang eto thinkf and juede eto feel/thinkf, which form the constructions ni xiang eyou thinkf and wo juede eI thinkf. I have found, and will make salient via a discussion of video clip examples, that while ni xiang eyou thinkf can be roughly characterized as an attention-getter, the function of wo juede differs depending on its position in a conversational sequence as well as the content of the ongoing talk.
We will have another presentation or will hold a data session.
If anybody is interested in bringing their own data, analyses, observations, arguments, or whatever, to a next meeting to discuss together, please contact Aug Nishizaka at augnish(a)soc.meijigakuin.ac.jp.