Telephone calls : unity and diversity in conversational structure across languages and cultures / / edited by Kang Kwong Luke, Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807981303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-16099-0; 9786612160998; 90-272-9622-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 287 p
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 101
• Altri autori (Persone): LukeKang Kwong; PavlidouTheodossia
• Disciplina: 302.3/46
• Soggetti: Conversation analysis; Language and culture; Telephone calls
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Telephone Calls -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Notes on the contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Studying telephone calls -- Notes -- References -- Part I Opening telephone calls -- Recognition and identification in Japanese and Korean telephone conversation openings -- Notes -- References -- Abbreviations -- On the telephone again! Telephone conversation openings in Greek -- Notes -- References -- Telephone conversation openings in Persian -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Language choice in international telephone conversations -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Part II Problem solving, topic management and closing -- Reporting problems and offering assistance in Japanese business telephone conversations -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- The initiation and introduction of .rst topics in Hong Kong telephone calls -- Notes -- References -- Romanisation, transcription, and glossing conventions -- Moving towards closing -- Notes -- References -- Transcription conventions -- Abbreviations -- Part III Theoretical and methodological ; considerations -- Comparing telephone call openings -- References -- Relfections on research on telephone conversation -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Transcription conventions -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.
• Sommario/riassunto: Telephone conversation is one of the most common forms of communication in contemporary society. For the first time in human history, some people are spending as much time, if not more, talking on the telephone as they are on face-to-face conversations. The aims of this book are: to bring together in one volume research on telephone conversations in different languages, to compare and contrast people's methods of handling telephone conversational tasks in different communities, and to explore the relationship between telephone conversational practice and cultural settings. The papers are based on first-hand, naturally-occurring data obtained from a variety of languages, including Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, and Persian. Theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to research on telephone conversations are discussed.