Publications by Jean Mulder
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 2019
This study examines the pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English (AuE), utilising dis... more This study examines the pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English (AuE), utilising discourse from 12 months of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television program Q&A. It explores the frequency of sort of uses in context with a focus on multifunctionality. Uses are classified in a data-based schema which synthesises the previously described pragmatic functions of sort of and locates these within Zhang's (2015) Elastic Language framework. The article thus provides an understanding of the pragmatic functions of sort of in public discussion contexts within AuE, arguing, most notably, that sort of performs five of Zhang's six functions, rather than just the two previously reported, and that in accounting for the complex uses of this pragmatic marker, a wider range of subtypes needs to be distinguished within two of the functions.
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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 2019
Mulder, J., Penry Williams, C., & Moore, E.. (2019). Sort of in Australian English: The elasticit... more Mulder, J., Penry Williams, C., & Moore, E.. (2019). Sort of in Australian English: The elasticity of a pragmatic marker. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 29(1), 9–32.
Special issue: Vagueness and Elasticity of “Sort of” in TV Discussion Discourse in the Asian Pacific.https://benjamins.com/catalog/japc.29.1
This study examines the pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English (AuE), utilising discourse from 12 months of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s television program Q&A. It explores the frequency of sort of uses in context with a focus on multifunctionality. Uses are classified in a data-based schema which synthesises the previously described pragmatic functions of sort of and locates these within Zhang’s (2015) Elastic Language framework. The article thus provides an understanding of the pragmatic functions of sort of in public discussion contexts within AuE, arguing, most notably, that sort of performs five of Zhang’s six functions, rather than just the two previously reported, and that in accounting for the complex uses of this pragmatic marker, a wider range of subtypes needs to be distinguished within two of the functions.
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Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2014). Documenting unacknowledged inheritances in contemporary ... more Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2014). Documenting unacknowledged inheritances in contemporary Australian English. In L. Gawne & J. Vaughan (Eds.). Selected papers from the 44th conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013, (pp. 160–177). Melbourne: University of Melbourne. Available at http://bit.ly/ALS2013Proceedings. [OPEN ACCESS]
The development of Australian English (AusE) has been well-documented but some features dwelling on the margins of the ‘standard’ have also remained on the fringes of research. These inheritances are unacknowledged not only with respect to their origins but also, in many cases, their transported stigma. This paper outlines the approach of our ongoing project to thoroughly document these ‘non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ morphosyntactic, syntactic and discourse features. Through a discussion of youse, (embellished) clippings and final particle but we aim to demonstrate the value of wholly documenting features, studying their descriptive and interactional aspects and their social evaluation using diverse data. As it continues, this work will not only provide us with a much fuller understanding of these features and their place in contemporary AusE, but it will also serve as a model for inclusive linguistic research linking micro linguistic detail and whole cultures.
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Chapter in Comparative studies in Australian and New Zealand English, 2009
Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2009). Final but in Australian English convers... more Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2009). Final but in Australian English conversation. In P. C. Collins, P. Peters & A. Smith (Eds.), Comparative studies in Australian and New Zealand English (pp. 339–359). Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/veaw.g39
In contemporary Australian English (AusE) but has progressed through a grammaticization continuum to become a “fully developed” final discourse particle (Mulder & Thompson 2008). Here we document the place of Final Particle but in AusE. Firstly, we make a case that it provides further evidence of the mixed origins of AusE (Bradley 2003; Lonergan 2003; Leitner 2004). Secondly, we show how prosody, turn organization, and speaker interaction indicate that Final Particle but marks contrastive content and is a turn-yielding discourse particle. Thirdly, we establish through survey data that its usage in AusE differs from that in American English and that but as a Final Particle can be seen as a distinctive feature of AusE. Lastly, we argue that Final Particle but has social meaning and can index “Australianness”.
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Asian Englishes, 2018
Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2018). Understanding the place of Australian English: Exploring... more Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2018). Understanding the place of Australian English: Exploring folk linguistic accounts through contemporary Australian authors. Asian Englishes, 20(1), 54–64.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13488678.2018.1422323
This paper explores Australian English (AuE), utilising a folk linguistic approach and engaging with its use in novel-writing. It is argued that discussions by contemporary Australian authors about their approaches to writing and voicing characters, and the actual voices authors give to their characters can be used as data to gain new understandings of what language forms have social meanings within AuE. The value of this analytical approach is then illustrated with interview and text extracts from one Australian author, revealing that this type of analysis provides insights into both the folk linguistic understandings of an author and how language variation is employed within the fiction series to index local types. It is concluded that such an approach can be generalised to better understand variation in AuE as accessed by other language-focussed professions and their differing conceptualisations of language, as well as to further understand variation in other varieties of English, and in other languages.
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Conference Presentations by Jean Mulder
Penry Williams, C., & Mulder, J. (2014). Unacknowledged inheritances in ‘non-standard’ and ‘margi... more Penry Williams, C., & Mulder, J. (2014). Unacknowledged inheritances in ‘non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ grammatical features. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, June 15–18.
https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/ss20/schedule/pdf/1234.pdf
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Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2013). ‘Non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ grammatical features of Au... more Mulder, J., & Penry Williams, C. (2013). ‘Non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ grammatical features of Australian English: Unacknowledged inheritances Paper presented at Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Melbourne, October 2–4.
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Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2010). The final particle-hood of but in Austr... more Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2010). The final particle-hood of but in Australian English conversation. Paper presented at LISO, Santa Barbara, CA, October 1. [Invited]
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Penry Williams, C., Mulder, J., & Moore, E. (2017). The pragmatic functions of sort of in Austral... more Penry Williams, C., Mulder, J., & Moore, E. (2017). The pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English. Paper presented at Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Sydney, December 4–7.
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Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2008). Final but in contemporary Australian En... more Mulder, J., Thompson, S. A., & Penry Williams, C. (2008). Final but in contemporary Australian English. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society Conference, Sydney, July 2–4.
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The Australian journal of language and literacy, Apr 16, 2024
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International Journal of American Linguistics, 2012
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Our ongoing study of backchannel (BC) behaviour by Japanese speakers of English-as-an-additional-... more Our ongoing study of backchannel (BC) behaviour by Japanese speakers of English-as-an-additional-language (JE) and Australian speakers of English-as-a-first-language (AuE) has identified differences in BC sequences (BC-Seqs)—BC instances involving more than one exchange of BCs (Ike, 2016, 2017a, 2017b; Ike & Mulder, 2016a, 2016b). Notably, extended BC-Seqs are frequent and predominately rapport-oriented in JE interactions, while they are relatively infrequent and more stance-oriented in AuE interactions (Ike & Mulder, 2016b). Focusing on how JE speakers negotiate their rapport-oriented BC behaviour and accommodate their expectations of extended BC-Seqs in interacting with AuE speakers, this paper provides further insight into the pragmatic accommodation accomplished by speakers in ELF settings.
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Asian Englishes, 2016
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English in Australia and New Zealand combines both theory and description, and introduces the maj... more English in Australia and New Zealand combines both theory and description, and introduces the major theoretical and methodical issues in modern linguistic study. It also provides an overview of the structure and history of the English language in its many varieties, especially those of Australia and New Zealand. The emphasis is on English as it is used everyday. Almost all the examples are drawn from culinary texts, spoken and written. These include cooking books throughout the centuries, food and wine magazines, and books about food, health, diet and even etiquette. The book integrates a synchronic and diachronic approach. A description of each aspect of present-day English - be it vocabulary, sounds, or grammar - is followed by a discussion of its historical development. The approach is purposefully eclectic and draws upon many different traditions and areas within linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary of points to remember, as well as practical exercises and question...
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Publications by Jean Mulder
Special issue: Vagueness and Elasticity of “Sort of” in TV Discussion Discourse in the Asian Pacific.https://benjamins.com/catalog/japc.29.1
This study examines the pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English (AuE), utilising discourse from 12 months of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s television program Q&A. It explores the frequency of sort of uses in context with a focus on multifunctionality. Uses are classified in a data-based schema which synthesises the previously described pragmatic functions of sort of and locates these within Zhang’s (2015) Elastic Language framework. The article thus provides an understanding of the pragmatic functions of sort of in public discussion contexts within AuE, arguing, most notably, that sort of performs five of Zhang’s six functions, rather than just the two previously reported, and that in accounting for the complex uses of this pragmatic marker, a wider range of subtypes needs to be distinguished within two of the functions.
The development of Australian English (AusE) has been well-documented but some features dwelling on the margins of the ‘standard’ have also remained on the fringes of research. These inheritances are unacknowledged not only with respect to their origins but also, in many cases, their transported stigma. This paper outlines the approach of our ongoing project to thoroughly document these ‘non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ morphosyntactic, syntactic and discourse features. Through a discussion of youse, (embellished) clippings and final particle but we aim to demonstrate the value of wholly documenting features, studying their descriptive and interactional aspects and their social evaluation using diverse data. As it continues, this work will not only provide us with a much fuller understanding of these features and their place in contemporary AusE, but it will also serve as a model for inclusive linguistic research linking micro linguistic detail and whole cultures.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/veaw.g39
In contemporary Australian English (AusE) but has progressed through a grammaticization continuum to become a “fully developed” final discourse particle (Mulder & Thompson 2008). Here we document the place of Final Particle but in AusE. Firstly, we make a case that it provides further evidence of the mixed origins of AusE (Bradley 2003; Lonergan 2003; Leitner 2004). Secondly, we show how prosody, turn organization, and speaker interaction indicate that Final Particle but marks contrastive content and is a turn-yielding discourse particle. Thirdly, we establish through survey data that its usage in AusE differs from that in American English and that but as a Final Particle can be seen as a distinctive feature of AusE. Lastly, we argue that Final Particle but has social meaning and can index “Australianness”.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13488678.2018.1422323
This paper explores Australian English (AuE), utilising a folk linguistic approach and engaging with its use in novel-writing. It is argued that discussions by contemporary Australian authors about their approaches to writing and voicing characters, and the actual voices authors give to their characters can be used as data to gain new understandings of what language forms have social meanings within AuE. The value of this analytical approach is then illustrated with interview and text extracts from one Australian author, revealing that this type of analysis provides insights into both the folk linguistic understandings of an author and how language variation is employed within the fiction series to index local types. It is concluded that such an approach can be generalised to better understand variation in AuE as accessed by other language-focussed professions and their differing conceptualisations of language, as well as to further understand variation in other varieties of English, and in other languages.
Conference Presentations by Jean Mulder
https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/ss20/schedule/pdf/1234.pdf
Papers by Jean Mulder
Special issue: Vagueness and Elasticity of “Sort of” in TV Discussion Discourse in the Asian Pacific.https://benjamins.com/catalog/japc.29.1
This study examines the pragmatic functions of sort of in Australian English (AuE), utilising discourse from 12 months of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s television program Q&A. It explores the frequency of sort of uses in context with a focus on multifunctionality. Uses are classified in a data-based schema which synthesises the previously described pragmatic functions of sort of and locates these within Zhang’s (2015) Elastic Language framework. The article thus provides an understanding of the pragmatic functions of sort of in public discussion contexts within AuE, arguing, most notably, that sort of performs five of Zhang’s six functions, rather than just the two previously reported, and that in accounting for the complex uses of this pragmatic marker, a wider range of subtypes needs to be distinguished within two of the functions.
The development of Australian English (AusE) has been well-documented but some features dwelling on the margins of the ‘standard’ have also remained on the fringes of research. These inheritances are unacknowledged not only with respect to their origins but also, in many cases, their transported stigma. This paper outlines the approach of our ongoing project to thoroughly document these ‘non-standard’ and ‘marginal’ morphosyntactic, syntactic and discourse features. Through a discussion of youse, (embellished) clippings and final particle but we aim to demonstrate the value of wholly documenting features, studying their descriptive and interactional aspects and their social evaluation using diverse data. As it continues, this work will not only provide us with a much fuller understanding of these features and their place in contemporary AusE, but it will also serve as a model for inclusive linguistic research linking micro linguistic detail and whole cultures.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/veaw.g39
In contemporary Australian English (AusE) but has progressed through a grammaticization continuum to become a “fully developed” final discourse particle (Mulder & Thompson 2008). Here we document the place of Final Particle but in AusE. Firstly, we make a case that it provides further evidence of the mixed origins of AusE (Bradley 2003; Lonergan 2003; Leitner 2004). Secondly, we show how prosody, turn organization, and speaker interaction indicate that Final Particle but marks contrastive content and is a turn-yielding discourse particle. Thirdly, we establish through survey data that its usage in AusE differs from that in American English and that but as a Final Particle can be seen as a distinctive feature of AusE. Lastly, we argue that Final Particle but has social meaning and can index “Australianness”.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13488678.2018.1422323
This paper explores Australian English (AuE), utilising a folk linguistic approach and engaging with its use in novel-writing. It is argued that discussions by contemporary Australian authors about their approaches to writing and voicing characters, and the actual voices authors give to their characters can be used as data to gain new understandings of what language forms have social meanings within AuE. The value of this analytical approach is then illustrated with interview and text extracts from one Australian author, revealing that this type of analysis provides insights into both the folk linguistic understandings of an author and how language variation is employed within the fiction series to index local types. It is concluded that such an approach can be generalised to better understand variation in AuE as accessed by other language-focussed professions and their differing conceptualisations of language, as well as to further understand variation in other varieties of English, and in other languages.
https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/ss20/schedule/pdf/1234.pdf