Syntax and lexis in conversation : studies on the use of linguistic resources in talk-in-interaction / edited by Auli Hakulinen, Margret Selting.

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2005.
Description:viii, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in discourse and grammar, 0928-8929 ; v. 17
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5791254
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Other authors / contributors:Hakulinen, Auli.
Selting, Margret.
ISBN:902722627X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • -1. Prelim pages
  • 0. Table of contents
  • 1. List of contributors
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Part I. Syntactic resources in conversation
  • 4. Syntax and prosody as methods for the construction and identification of turn-constructional units in conversation
  • 5. Parenthesis as a resource in the grammar of conversation
  • 6. Delayed self-repairs as a structuring device for complex turns in conversation
  • 7. Pivot constructions in spoken German
  • 8. The\use of marked syntactic constructions in Italian multi-party conversation
  • 9. Grammatical constructions in "real life practices"
  • 10. Interactional and sequential configurations informing request format selection in children's speech
  • 11. Language as social action
  • 12. Part II. Lexico-semantic resources in conversation
  • 13. The\interactional generation of exaggerated versions in conversation
  • 14. A\linguistic practice for retracting overstatements
  • 15. Conversational interpretation of lexical items and conversational contrasting
  • 16. Form and function of 'first verbs' in talk-in-interaction
  • 17. Notes on disaligning 'yes but' initiated utterances in Danish and German conversations
  • 18. Where grammar and interaction meet
  • 19. Index