The Grammar of Interactional Language
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- Author: Martina Wiltschko, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
- Date Published: September 2023
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- isbn: 9781108741446
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Traditional grammar and current theoretical approaches towards modelling grammatical knowledge ignore language in interaction: that is, words such as huh, eh, yup or yessssss. This groundbreaking book addresses this gap by providing the first in-depth overview of approaches towards interactional language across different frameworks and linguistic sub-disciplines. Based on the insights that emerge, a formal framework is developed to discover and compare language in interaction across different languages: the interactional spine hypothesis. Two case-studies are presented: confirmationals (such as eh and huh) and response markers (such as yes and no), both of which show evidence for systematic grammatical knowledge. Assuming that language in interaction is regulated by grammatical knowledge sheds new light on old questions concerning the relation between language and thought and the relation between language and communication. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relation between language, cognition and social interaction.
Read more- Provides a new framework to explore and analyse interactional language
- Contains the first comparison among different approaches to language in interaction from a variety of theoretical perspectives
- Presents new data to be analysed within a formal framework
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- Date Published: September 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108741446
- length: 283 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus. 47 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Interactional language
2. The Syntacticization of speech acts
3. From speech acts to interaction
4. The interactional spine hypothesis
5. Initiating moves: a case study of confirmationals
6. Reacting moves: a case study of response markers
7. The grammar of interactional language
Epilogue.
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