The publication of the volume marks the introduction of a comparatively new domain of linguistics research with wider scope for future analysis and investigation.

- Niladri Sekhar Dash, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India,

Studies in interactional linguistics represents a novel and important effort to explain linguistic phenomena in the specific contexts in which they occur. This collection of papers has convincingly demonstrated that language use is dynamic and should be accounted for in the interaction where it is employed.

- Bingyun Li, Fujian Teachers University in Language, Vol 79:4 (2003),

The volume brings forth numerous interesting topics that deserve further investigation [...]

- Hanna Pishwa in Anglia, Band 121:4 (2003),

Current interactional linguistic research appears to be crystallizing around systematic themes, which are all represented in this collection of papers. In the first section, where the relation between language and interaction is viewed from the perspective of language structure, several articles deal with the potential of a single structure for both turn and sequence construction, revealing a play-off between planned and occasioned syntax with potentially far-reaching consequences for language development. Other articles deal with lexical expressions as resources for the conduct of interaction, showing how they are heavily dependent on turn position and sequential context for their meaning potential. In the second section, with a view from the perspective of the interactional order, a systematic focus of interest lies on three different conversational tasks: projecting turn and turn-unit completion, starting up turns with ‘non-beginnings’ and self-repairing. The cross-linguistic studies here all agree that common interactional tasks may well be carried out by quite different linguistic practices and that these practices are dependent to a certain extent on language features which are typologically distinct.
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This work discusses linguistic phenomena explained in terms of the actions that participants are engaged in when they are interacting. In each case the researchers show that these are emergent phenomena, dependent on and shaped by the context in which they occur, and the actions of the speakers.
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1. Foreword (by Thompson, Sandra A.); 2. Introducing Interactional Linguistics (by Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth); 3. Part I. Language structure in interaction; 4. Emerging syntax for interaction: Noun phrases and clauses as a syntactic resource for interaction (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 5. At the intersection of turn and sequence: Negation and what comes next (by Ford, Cecilia E.); 6. The implementation of possible cognitive shifts in Japanese conversation: Complementizers as pivotal devices (by Tanaka, Hiroko); 7. On causal clause combining: The case of 'weil' in spoken German (by Scheutz, Hannes); 8. Dutch 'but' as a sequential conjunction: Its use as a resumption marker (by Mazeland, Harrie); 9. On some uses of the discourse particle 'kyl(la)' in Finnish conversation (by Hakulinen, Auli); 10. Interactional Linguistics and language development: A conversation analytic perspective on emergent syntax (by Corrin, Juliette); 11. Part II. Interactional order and linguistic practice; 12. Fragments of units as deviant cases of unit production in conversational talk (by Selting, Margret); 13. Notes on turn-construction methods in Danish and Turkish conversation (by Steensig, Jakob); 14. An exploration of prosody and turn projection in English conversation (by Fox, Barbara A.); 15. Postposition-initiated utterances in Japanese conversation: An interactional account of a grammatical practice (by Hayashi, Makoto); 16. Confirming intersubjectivity through retroactive elaboration: Organization of phrasal units in other-initiated repair sequences in Korean conversation (by Kim, Kyu-hyun); 17. Some arguments for the relevance of syntax to same-sentence self-repair in everyday German conversation (by Uhmann, Susanne); 18. Simple answers to polar questions: The case of Finnish (by Sorjonen, Marja-Leena); 19. List of contributors; 20. Index
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ISBN
9789027226204
Publisert
2001-01-01
Utgiver
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Vekt
740 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
446