Fwd: Quotative [to be] + "that"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

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> From: Isabelle K Buchstaller <ibuch at stanford.edu>
> Date: March 26, 2005 1:31:01 AM PST
> To: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
> Subject: Re: Quotative [to be] + "that"
>
> Here are some examples with 'was' from my corpus.
> They are all direct speech
> sorry I can't furnish you with any indirect ones (that + deictic shift)
> cause I have only collected direct quotes.
>
> But I can tell you that people tend to have funny reactions to unframed
> quotes (by unframed I mean everything without a canonical verb of
> quotation
> or at least a new quotative).

> This means examples such as the "was" ones as well as purely unframed
> ones such as
>
> and he "aaargggg"
> or just and "bang"
>
> or something.

> About 20% of my British and American quotes do not contain any verb of
> quotation (again this includes the be ones as well as others as
> indicated
> above) and people just seem not to hear them.

> When I play them, many people claim they do not exist - so your
> discussion
> partner is in good company ;)


> X:    that;s right yeah
> Y:    and then you went and it was you turn to go out
> X:    yeah
> Y:    as soon as you got out of there it was “goop you’ve seen the
> pictures
>       and Jacky used to go “ohhh ?? I I went there”
> X:    ohhh ay the Geddy was something
>       I used to go up in the what did you call it up in the ehhh fire exit
>
>
> B:    oh no that when I used to go like
>         I used to go clubbing and that in the town
>         I used to tell me ma like I was “I just go in the town anon
>         and be ah I’ll stay with me friends”
>         but I never used to like get to us like
> A:    [ha ha ha
> B:    [she never knew
>
>

> A:    I mean at work at work twenty-five your old woman talks about you
>          behind your back
> B:    and you’d think that like like[you know a bit worried
> A:                                [are you worried
> B:    caught up in the railway [((indistinct))
> A:                               [I mean even if she had anything to say
>         it was  “why can’t you say” it was “ehm to me face”
> B:    exactly
> A:    and I started saying it to somebody else
>         I mean you always find out
>
>
> A:    cause she’s told Carol house for not loose her
>       she’s “ohh yeah
>       me mom and dad’s going away
>       and don’t leave the house empty”
> B:    tshhh
> A:    but you know I was “what are you saying
>       Neil is not letting you go”
>       cause we went ehhh nahh belly dancing
>       when it was her 21st
>       no sorry it was his dau- his sister’s engageme
>
>
> A:    street around the corner
>       like  “ehhh
>       at least I have resolved some of the transport service of
> Newcastle”            voice
>       wehhh
>       and they give us that actually in a snack
>       “obs- it’s very import that you win those”
>       I was “for the petty PTE” you know what I mean
>       so I got up
>         I went to London ehhh
>         and XX tell us it was the PTE social club
>         [and I was “come here straight away”
> B:    [was there all the employees was there?
>       and all the workers
> A:    and I went there
> B:    her gran’s 77th birthday
>
>
> A:    yeah
>         and it’s all a pain in the ass
>         at least half of these fellows are all “piahh  that’s crap”
>         so I was “pffhhhh I’ve had it”
>         your stomach turned upside
> B:    ha
> A:    I couldn’t believe it
>         it was really bad
>
>
> B:    and then
>         no that’s they ch- again and then the there was a
>         she was “oh they were going Northumbrian Arms”
>         and she ment like  Newcastle Arms
>         when then there it was one eighty
>
>
>         but eh he “must tell you I had a really bad night”
>         cause he said “oh thanks partner
>         you’re the first person that has given us a tip”
>         I was “.hhhhhhh yeahh”
>         he was telling me and it was half past twelve
>       so
> B:    I ammm last time I were in class
>       from town to here
>
>
>
>         I said “just around the corner “
>         he gans “haw I’ll take you around”
>         I was “oh I haven’t got any more money”
> B:    and you want me ???
> A:    and even “I I’ll knock the meter off for you”
>       we gans “thanks” ehhh
>       went out on Saturday got out the same taxi driver
> B:    and it was the same again
>
>
>         I can say “don’t ask me for anything”
> B:    but don’t look careful
> A:    “you are not good enough”
>       she was “care keeps stating this”
>       I goes “I wouldn’t be saying it if I was care-free” ha stupid
> B:    I’m a completely different person