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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789794803321

Titolo

Spoken language pragmatics : an analysis of form-function relations / / edited by Regina Weinert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-283-20259-X

9786613202598

1-4411-0926-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

401.41

Soggetti

Colloquial language

Discourse analysis

Pragmatics

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

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Demonstrative and personal pronouns in formal and informal conversations; 2 Grammatical past time reference in spontaneously produced language; 3 The structure and function of wenn-clauses and their role in problem-solving discourse; 4 The relationship between deixis and modality; 5 Modal particles and emotion; 6 Speech rate, time pressure and emotion in English and German football commentary; 7 Multivoicedness and artistic reformulations in directingconversations; 8 Intercultural positioning: tandem conversations about word meaning; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a detailed analysis of the relationships between form and function in spontaneous spoken language. The contributors analyse English, German and Spanish data to present a multilingual perspective on the complexities facing speakers in a variety of contexts. Through an examination of the language of everyday conversation, interviews, consultations, task-based dialogues, football commentaries,  radio-play productions and intercultural conversations, the book demonstrates the effect of informational, discourse-external



and personal factors on form and shows how speakers positi