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Units of talk - units of action / edited by Beatrice Szczepek Reed, University of York ; Geoffrey Raymond, University of California at Santa Barbara.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in language and social interaction ; v. 25.
- Studies in language and social interaction, 1879-3983 ; volume 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speech acts (Linguistics).
- Oral communication.
- Social interaction.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This article explores the interrelatedness between language and the body in the delimitation of multi-TCU turns in Mandarin face-to-face interaction. Based on video recordings of Mandarin conversation, this study describes a recurrent pattern of body movements: forward lean and return of the body. This type of body movements is relevant to the initiation and possible completion of multi-TCU turns and actions implemented through them. People deploy multiple resources, including language and the body, to indicate and recognize the boundaries of larger projects in interaction. The body may conver
- Contents:
- part I. Units of language revisited
- part II. Units of action and interaction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027271310
- 9027271313
- OCLC:
- 864912729
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