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Date: 03-Apr-2012 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Affectivity in Interaction: Reber E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Affectivity in Interaction
Subtitle: Sound objects in English
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 215
Published: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Elisabeth Reber
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027281654 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 90.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027281654 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256201 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 90.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256201 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256201 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 95.40
Abstract:
How do participants display affectivity in social interaction? Based on recordings of authentic everyday conversations and radio phone-ins, this study offers a fine-grained analysis of how recipients of affect-laden informings deploy sound objects, i.e. interjections ('oh', 'ooh' and 'ah') and paralinguistic signals ('whistle' and 'clicks'), for responsive displays of affectivity. Examining the use of such sound objects across a number of interactional activities including news telling, troubles talk, complaining, assessments and repair, the study provides evidence that the sound pattern and sequential placement of sound objects systematically contribute to their specific meaning-making in interaction, i.e. the management of sequence organisation and interactional relevancies (e.g. affiliation). Presenting an in-depth analysis of a little researched area of language use from an interactional linguistic perspective, the book will be of theoretical and methodological interest to an audience with a background in linguistics, sociology and conversational studies.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
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