Abstract The paper explores engagement as a linguistic category by discussing its defining characteristics. Following work by Evans and colleagues (2018a, b), we discuss issues of scope and the intersubjective distribution of information, as central to the definition of engagement. In addition, we examine the notion of access as a crucial component of engagement marking and we attempt to distinguish access from epistemic authority, which we argue is a prerequisite for the existence of engagement as a linguistic category. Both access and epistemic authority appear central to an analysis of engagement marking, as found in the literature and in the languages of this Special Issue. From an interactional point of view, engagement may be viewed as a form of “stance” (Du Bois 2007), in that it primarily positions the speech participants with respect to talked about events from the point of view of the speaker.

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订婚探索：简介

摘要本文通过讨论交往的定义特征，探讨交往是一种语言范畴。继Evans及其同事（2018a，b）的工作之后，我们讨论了范围和信息的主体间分布问题，这是参与度定义的核心。此外，我们研究了准入作为订婚标记的重要组成部分的概念，并试图将准入与认知权威区分开来，我们认为这是存在订婚作为一种语言范畴的前提。正如文献和本期特刊的语言所显示的那样，获取权和认知权对于分析参与标记都很重要。从互动的角度来看，参与可以被视为一种“立场”（Du Bois 2007），