Time and emergence in grammar : dislocation, topicalization and hanging topic in french talk-in-interaction / Simona Pekarek Doehler, Elwys De Stefani, Anne-Sylvie Horlacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doehler, Simona Pekarek, author.

De Stefani, Elwys, 1971- author.

Horlacher, Anne-Sylvie, author.

Series:

Studies in language and social interaction ; Volume 28.

Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 1879-3983 ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--Topic and comment.

French language.

French language--Syntax.

French language--Grammar.

Discourse analysis.

Social interaction.

Focus (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This monograph examines how language contributes to the social coordination of actions in talk-in-interaction. Focusing on a set of frequently used constructions in French (left-dislocation, right-dislocation, topicalization, and hanging topic), the study provides an empirically rich contribution to the understanding of grammar as thoroughly temporal, emergent, and contingent upon its use in social interaction. Based on data from a range of everyday interactions, the authors investigate speakers’ use of these constructions as resources for organizing social interaction, showing how speakers continuously adapt, revise, and extend grammatical trajectories in real time in response to local contingencies. The book is designed to be both informative for the specialized scholar and accessible to the graduate student familiar with conversation analysis and/or interactional linguistics.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. State of the art

Chapter 3. Left-dislocation as an interactional resource

Chapter 4. Right-dislocation as an interactional resource

Chapter 5. Topicalization as an interactional resource

Chapter 6. The hanging topic construction as an interactional resource

Chapter 7. Hybrid forms, online revisions and emergent grammar

Chapter 8. Discussion and conclusion

References

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027267986

9027267987

OCLC:

1281711243