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Interactional Linguistics

Studying Language in Social Interaction

Elizabeth Couper-Kühlen author Margret Selting author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Dec '17

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The first textbook dedicated to interactional linguistics, focusing on, and introducing, the linguistic analyses of conversational phenomena.

The first textbook dedicated to interactional linguistics, focusing on linguistic analyses of conversational phenomena, this introduction provides an overview of the theory and methodology of interactional linguistics. Reviewing recent findings on linguistic practices used in turn construction and turn taking, repair, action formation, ascription, and sequence and topic organization, the book examines the way that linguistic units of varying size - sentences, clauses, phrases, clause combinations, and particles - are mobilized for the implementation of specific actions in talk-in-interaction. A final chapter discusses the implications of an interactional perspective for our understanding of language as well as its variation, diversity, and universality. Supplementary online chapters explore additional topics such as the linguistic organization of preference, stance, footing, and storytelling, as well as the use of prosody and phonetics, and further practices with language. Featuring summary boxes and transcripts from recordings of everyday conversation, this is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on language in social interaction.

'… 'Interactional Linguistics. Studying Language in Social Interaction' is a monumental and well-executed effort, as well as a timely one.' Karolina Zofia Grzech, Linguist List (new.linguistlist.org)
'… an impressive compilation of materials otherwise dispersed in journals, books and other academic publications. I envision this book as a primary text for introductory and advanced courses in linguistics for undergraduate and graduate students. … a key resource for students, instructors and researchers alike.' Francesca A. Williamson, Discourse Studies

ISBN: 9781107616035

Dimensions: 248mm x 175mm x 28mm

Weight: 1240g

620 pages