Communicative functions and linguistic forms in speech interaction / Klaus J. Kohler, University of Kiel, Germany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohler, Klaus J., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 156.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 156

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Versification.

Functional discourse grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Prosody is generally studied at a separate linguistic level from syntax and semantics. It analyses phonetic properties of utterances such as pitch and prominence, and orders them into phonological categories such as pitch accent, boundary tone, and metrical grid. The goal is to define distinctive formal differentiators of meanings in utterances. But what these meanings are is either excluded or a secondary concern. This book takes the opposite approach, asking what are the basic categories of meaning that speakers want to transmit to listeners? And what formal means do they use to achieve it? It places linguistic form in functions of speech communication, and takes into account all the formal exponents - sounds, words, syntax, prosodies - for specific functional coding. Basic communicative functions such as 'questioning' may be universally assumed, but their coding by linguistic bundles varies between languages. A comparison of function-form systems in English, German and Mandarin Chinese shows this formal diversity for universal functions.

Contents:

Introduction

Speech Communication in Human Interaction

Prosody in a Functional Framework: The Kiel Intonation Model (KIM)

The REPRESENTATION Function

The APPEAL function

The EXPRESSION Function

Linguistic Form of Communicative Functions in Language Comparison.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-76223-8

1-316-75678-5

1-316-76727-2