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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965819403321

Autore

Wu Ruey-Jiuan

Titolo

Stance in talk : a conversation analysis of Mandarin final particles / / Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2003

ISBN

9786612160455

9781282160453

1282160451

9789027295491

9027295492

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 117

Disciplina

495.1/16

Soggetti

Chinese language - Particles

Conversation analysis

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

Stance in Talk: A conversation analysis of Mandarin final particles -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Transcription conventions -- Glossing conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2. Preliminaries and methodology -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Final ou -- Notes -- Chapter 4. Final a -- Notes -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Name index -- Subject index -- The Pragmatics &amp -- Beyond New Series.

Sommario/riassunto

Guided by the methodology of conversation analysis (CA), this book explores how participants in Mandarin conversation display stance in the unfolding development of action and interaction, and, in particular, how this is accomplished through the use of two Mandarin final particles. Through a close examination of the sequential environments of these two particles and the interactional work accomplished by their use, the research presented in this book seeks to demonstrate how a participant-oriented, action-based micro approach to data can help us gain analytic leverage in understanding the functions and meanings of these particles - an area which has long posed a challenge to Chinese



linguists. On the other hand, in utilizing a CA-based framework applied to Mandarin, this study also seeks to contribute to conversation analytic research by revealing previously uninvestigated language-specific phenomena while at the same time showing how talk-in-interaction in a non-western language, i.e., Mandarin, can also display the same striking systematicity and orderliness as observed in many western languages. As one of the pioneering CA studies of Mandarin, this book will be of interest to researchers in Chinese linguistics and conversation analysis, as well as those in fields which touch upon the relationships between languages and cultures.