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.

Series:

Studies in Language and Social Interaction

Studies in Language and Social Interaction ; v.34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Okay (The English word).

English language--Semantics.

English language.

English language--Etymology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 pages) : illustrations

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:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages

Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages

Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding

Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions

OKAY in specific languages

Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English

Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction

Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish

Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated

OKAY in specific activities and settings

Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil

Chapter 10. A resource for action transition

Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives

Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics

Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols

Bibliography

Name index

Subject index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1236898856