LINGUIST List 12.1402

Mon May 21 2001

Books: Language and Culture

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sean Hanrahan, Language & Culture: Turn-Taking in English and Japanese; Projectability in Grammar, Intonation, and Semantics, by Hiroko Furo

Hiroko Furo, Illinois Wesleyan University, TURN-TAKING IN
ENGLISH AND JAPANESE Projectability in Grammar, Intonation
and Semantics

This book examines turn-taking in English and Japanese
conversations and political news interviews to investigate
the relationship between language and interaction.
Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series.

Routledge May 2001 243 pp
HB 0 815 34047 8 $70.00 �50.00

Acknowledgments
Dedication
List of Charts, Figures, and Tables
Transcription Conventions and Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Turn-taking in English Conversation
4 Turn-taking in Japanese Conversation
5 Turn-taking in U.S. Political News Interviews
6 Turn-taking in Japanese Political News Interviews
7 Completion Points
8 Speaker Changes
9 Completion Points and Speaker Changes
10 Turn-taking in English and Japanese
11 Conversation and Political News Interviews
12 Conclusion
References