Language in Time
The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction
Published on 30. September 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-19-510928-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
....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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-510928-3 (9780195109283)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Peter Auer | Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen | Frank Muller
Language in Time
The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction
E-Book
08/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€167.99
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