OKAY across languages : toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction / edited by Emma Betz, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada, Marja-Leena Sorjonen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betz, Emma, editor.

Deppermann, Arnulf, editor.

Mondada, Lorenza, editor.

Sorjonen, Marja-Leena, editor.

Series:

Studies in language and social interaction ; v. 34.

Studies in language and social nteraction (SLSI) ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Okay (The English word).

English language--Semantics.

English language.

English language--Etymology.

Physical Description:

vi, 440 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]

Summary:

"OKAY has been termed a 'spectacular expression' and 'America's greatest invention.' This volume offers an in-depth empirical study of the uses that have resulted from its global spread. Focusing on actions and interactional practices, it investigates OKAY in a variety of settings in 13 languages. The collected work showcases the importance of a holistic analysis: Prosodic realization and the placement of OKAY in its larger sequential and multimodal context emerge as constitutive for distinct uses in individual languages. An inductive approach makes it possible to identify practices not previously documented, for example OKAY used for 'qualified acceptance' or as a 'continuer', and to document a core of recurrent, similar uses across languages. This work also outlines new research directions for comparative analysis by offering first insights into the diachronic development of OKAY's uses and the relationship of OKAY to other particles in specific languages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Acknowledgements p. vii

2 Chapter 1. Introduction p. 2 / Emma Betz; Marja-Leena Sorjonen

3 Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages p. 30 / Arnulf Deppermann; Lorenza Mondada

4 Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages p. 56

5 Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding p. 56 / Emma Betz; Arnulf Deppermann

6 Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions p. 94 / Lorenza Mondada; Marja-Leena Sorjonen

7 OKAY in specific languages p. 132

8 Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English p. 132 / Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen

9 Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction p. 176 / Søren Sandager Sørensen; Jakob Steensig

10 Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish p. 206 / Aino Koivisto; Marja-Leena Sorjonen

11 Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated p. 236 / Satomi Kuroshima; Stephanie Hyeri Kim; Kaoru Hayano; Mary Shin Kim; Seung-Hee Lee

12 OKAY in specific activities and settings p. 270

13 Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil p. 270 / Ana Cristina Ostermann; Katariina Harjunpää

14 Chapter 10. A resource for action transition p. 302 / Elwys De Stefani; Lorenza Mondada

15 Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives p. 338 / Leelo Keevallik; Matylda Weidner

16 Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics p. 363 / Henrike Helmer; Emma Betz; Arnulf Deppermann

17 Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols p. 396

18 Bibliography p. 401

19 Name index p. 433

20 Subject index p. 437.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Okay across languages

ISBN:

9789027208156

9027208158

OCLC:

1236897232