Displaying recipiency : reactive tokens in Mandarin task-oriented interaction / Jun Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Jun (Linguist), author.

Series:

Studies in Chinese language and discourse ; v. 6.

Studies in Chinese language and discourse (SCLD) ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Chinese language--Discourse analysis.

Chinese language.

Mandarin dialects--Discourse analysis.

Mandarin dialects.

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

Interpersonal communication.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

x, 198 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

Summary:

This book is intended to address students, researchers and teachers of spoken language. It presents an empirical study of task-oriented language data in which coparticipants display levels of recipiency through reactive tokens. An in-depth investigation of displaying recipiency is of interest primarily to conversation analysts and pragmaticians involved in the research on talk-in-interaction in general and Mandarin Chinese conversations in particular. The communicative aspect makes this book relevant to the areas of language use. While previous research has shown that one single reactive token has different discourse functions in different conversational environments, this study shows that participants' collaborative orientation to each other's status of displayed recipiency seems decisive for the selection of reactive tokens, rather than one specific reactive token being employed for specific conversational purposes in varying interactional contexts. This book also contributes to fields in linguistics, pragmatics, and sociology which specialize in the investigation of spontaneous human communication.

Contents:

1 Acknowledgements p. ix

2 Abbreviations p. xi

3 List of tables p. xiii

4 List of figures p. xv

5 List of graphics p. xvii

6 Chapter 1. Introduction p. 1

7 Chapter 2. Reactive tokens in English and Mandarin conversation p. 7

8 Chapter 3. Data and approach p. 31

9 Chapter 4. A sequential analysis of reactive tokens in Mandarin p. 57

10 Chapter 5. Displaying levels of recipiency through reactive tokens p. 117

11 Chapter 6. Selection of reactive tokens in information mismatch sequences p. 145

12 Chapter 7. Conclusion p. 173

13 References p. 181

14 Appendix p. 191

15 List of Names p. 195

16 List of Subjetcs p. 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Xu, Jun (Linguist) author. Displaying recipiency

ISBN:

9789027201867

9027201862

OCLC:

951764655