Aspectuality across languages : event construal in speech and gesture / edited by Alan Cienki, Olga K. Iriskhanova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cienki, Alan J., editor.

Iriskhanova, O. K. (Olʹga Kamaludinovna), editor.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; 1387-6724 v. 62.

Human cognitive processing (HCP): cognitive foundations of language structure and use, 1387-6724 ; volume 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonverbal communication.

Speech and gesture.

Body language.

Physical Description:

xviii, 221 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

Summary:

"The book provides a nuanced, multimodal perspective on how people express events via certain grammatical forms of verbs in speech and certain qualities of movement in manual gestures. The volume is the outcome of an international project that involved three teams: one each from France, Germany, and Russia, including scholars from the Netherlands and the United States. Aspect and gesture use are studied in three Indo-European languages, i.e. French, German, and Russian. The book also summarizes the main points and arguments from French, German, and Russian works on aspect in relation to tense, bringing these historical traditions together for an English-speaking reading audience. The work rekindles some fundamental theorizing about events and aspect, reinvigorating it in a new light with the use of recent theorizing from cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology, as well as new research methods applied to new data from actual spoken, interactive language use. It illustrates the value of researching the variably multimodal nature of communication - as well as theoretical issues in connection with thinking for speaking and mental simulation - from an empirical point of view"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Aspect and event structure as topics in linguistic and psychological research

Aspect through the lens of event construal

Researching aspect in multimodal communication: consequences for data and methods

Speakers' verbal expression of event construal: quantitative and qualitative analyses

Speakers' gestural expression of event construal: quantitative and qualitative analyses

Looking ahead: kinesiological analysis

Comprehension of event construal from multimodal communication

Aspectuality and the expression of event construal as variably multimodal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Aspect across languages.

ISBN:

9789027201249

9027201242

OCLC:

1030765605