Language in Time :The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction - Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

Language in Time

Language in Time :The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction - Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

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The authors here promote the reintroduction of temporality into the description and analysis of spoken interaction. They argue that spoken words are, in fact, temporal objects and that unless linguists consider how they are delivered within the context of time, they will not capture the full meaning of situated language use. Their approach is rigorously empirical, with analyses of English, German, and Italian rhythm, all grounded in sequences of actual talk-in-internation.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780195109283
ISBN10 0195109287
Number Of Pages 256
Item Weight 572 g
Product Dimensions 235 x 161 x 22 mm
Publisher / Reseller Oxford University Press Inc
Format hardback
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....Their work here is unique in its ambitious and informed combination of the analysis of prosody, grammar, rhetoric, and conversational structures....For those new to prosodic analysis, Language in time is a demanding read, but it richly rewards the effort. Auer, Couper-Kuhlen, and Muller set a new standard for discourse analysts and functionally oriented linguistics such that it is both based in the data of use and accountable to conversational practices as they emerged in the production if natural and socially consequential activities. * Language in Society *

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