The nonverbal shift in early modern English conversation /
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Author / Creator: | Hübler, Axel. |
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Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., Co., ©2007. |
Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; 154 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 154. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260910 |
Summary: | This is the first historical investigation on the nonverbal component of conversation. In the courtly society of 16thand 17thcentury England, it is argued that a drift appeared toward an increased use of prosodic means of expression at the expense of gestural means. Direct evidence is provided by courtesy books and personal documents of the time, indirect evidence by developments in the English lexicon. The rationale of the argument is cognitively grounded; given the integral role of gestures in thinking-for-speaking, it rests on an isomorphism between gestural and prosodic behavior that is established semiotically and elaborated by insights from neurocognitive frequency theory and task dynamics. The proposal is rounded off by an illustration from present-day conversational data and the proof of its adaptability to current theories of language change. The cross-disciplinary approach addresses all those interested in (historical) pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, cultural semantics, semiotics, or language change. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789027292834 9027292833 9789027253972 9027253978 6612154950 9786612154959 |
ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |