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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456316503321

Titolo

The contextualization of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Auer and Aldo Di Luzio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : J. Benjamins, 1992

ISBN

1-283-09275-1

9786613092755

90-272-8592-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser., 22

Altri autori (Persone)

AuerPeter <1954->

Di LuzioAldo

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Context (Linguistics)

Nonverbal communication

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theory of contextualization -- pt. 2. Gesture and other visible behaviour -- pt. 3. Prosody.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume suggests a novel treatment of context in the analysis of everyday interaction. On a theoretical level, it advocates a switch of focus from 'context' as a preestablished, monolithic category which constringes co-participants' verbal and nonverbal behaviour, to an active notion of 'contextualization': in order to make oneself understood, participants have to establish and maintain those shared contextual frames which in turn are relevant to the local interpretation of their verbal and nonverbal activities. On an empirical level, the volume contains exemplary analyses that show how pa