Studies in interactional linguistics / edited by Margret Selting, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Selting, Margret.

Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth.

Series:

Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 10.

Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Conversation analysis.

Physical Description:

viii, 438 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Current interactional linguistic research appears to be crystallizing around systematic themes, which are all represented in this collection of papers. In the first section, where the relation between language and interaction is viewed from the perspective of language structure, several articles deal with the potential of a single structure for both turn and sequence construction, revealing a play-off between planned and occasioned syntax with potentially far-reaching consequences for language development. Other articles deal with lexical expressions as resources for the conduct of interaction, showing how they are heavily dependent on turn position and sequential context for their meaning potential. In the second section, with a view from the perspective of the interactional order, a systematic focus of interest lies on three different conversational tasks: projecting turn and turn-unit completion, starting up turns with 'non-beginnings' and self-repairing. The cross-linguistic studies here all agree that common interactional tasks may well be carried out by quite different linguistic practices and that these practices are dependent to a certain extent on language features which are typologically distinct.

Contents:

Studies in Interactional Linguistics

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Foreword

Introducing Interactional Linguistics

Part I: Language structure in interaction

Emerging syntax for interaction

At the intersection of turn and sequence

The implementation of possible cognitive shifts in Japanese conversation

On causal clause combining

Dutch 'but' as a sequential conjunction

On some uses of the discourse particle kyl(lä) in Finnish conversation

Interactional linguistics and language development

Part II: Interactional order and linguistic practice

Fragments of units as deviant cases of unit production in conversational talk

Notes on turn-construction methods in Danish and Turkish conversation

An exploration of prosody and turn projection in English conversation

Postposition-initiated tterances in Japanese conversation

Confirming intersubjectivity through retroactive elaboration

Some arguments for the relevance of syntax to same-sentence self-repair in everyday German conversation

Simple answers to polar questions

Appendix

List of contributors

Index of terms

The series STUDIES IN DISCOURSE AND GRAMMAR.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612254536

90-272-9731-2

0-585-46248-8

1-282-25453-7

OCLC:

614709815