Units of Talk – Units of Action
Editors
In this volume leading academics in Interactional Linguistics and Conversation Analysis consider the notion of units for the study of language and interaction. Amongst the issues being explored are the role and relevance of traditionally accepted linguistic units for the analysis of naturally occurring talk, and the identification of new units of conduct in interaction. While some chapters make suggestions on how existing linguistic units can be adapted to suit the study of conversation, others present radically new perspectives on how language in interaction should be described, conceptualised and researched. The chapters present empirical investigations into different languages (Danish, English, Japanese, Mandarin, Swedish) in a variety of settings (private and institutional), considering both linguistic and embodied resources for talk. In addressing the fundamental question of units, the volume pushes at the boundaries of current debates and contributes original new insight into the nature of language in interaction.
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 25] 2013. vi, 378 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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The question of units for language, action and interactionBeatrice Szczepek Reed and Geoffrey Raymond | pp. 1–10
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Part I. Units of language revisited
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Units and/or Action Trajectories? The language of grammatical categories and the language of social actionCecilia E. Ford, Barbara A. Fox and Sandra A. Thompson | pp. 13–56
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The dynamics of incrementation in utterance-building: Processes and resourcesPer Linell | pp. 57–90
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From “intonation units” to cesuring – an alternative approach to the prosodic-phonetic structuring of talk-in-interactionDagmar Barth-Weingarten | pp. 91–124
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Perception of prosodic boundaries by untrained listenersBrendan Barnwell | pp. 125–166
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Part II. Units of action and interaction
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At the intersection of turn and sequence organization: On the relevance of “slots” in type-conforming responses to polar interrogatives.Geoffrey Raymond | pp. 169–206
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When ‘yes’ is not enough – as an answer to a yes/no questionJakob Steensig and Trine Heinemann | pp. 207–242
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Emerging units and emergent forms of participation within a unit in Japanese interaction: Local organization at a finer level of granularityShimako Iwasaki | pp. 243–276
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Phonetic resources in the construction of social actionsRichard Ogden and Traci Walker | pp. 277–312
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Building an instructional project: Actions as components of music masterclassesDarren Reed and Beatrice Szczepek Reed | pp. 313–342
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Language and the body in the construction of units in Mandarin face-to-face interactionXiaoting Li | pp. 343–376
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Index | pp. 377–378
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General