Changing the Topic: An Interactional Linguistics Analysis of Topic Flow in English Conversation / / by Ronald Geluykens
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| Autore: |
Geluykens Ronald
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| Titolo: |
Changing the Topic: An Interactional Linguistics Analysis of Topic Flow in English Conversation / / by Ronald Geluykens
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2025. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (559 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 401.45 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pragmatics |
| Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax | |
| Language and languages - Study and teaching | |
| Syntax | |
| Language Teaching and Learning | |
| Comunicació oral | |
| Pragmàtica (Lingüística) | |
| Anàlisi del discurs | |
| Lingüística aplicada | |
| Competència comunicativa | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Llibres electrònics |
| Nota di contenuto: | Chapter 1: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 2: From Theory to Practice -- Chapter 3: Yes/No Questions as Topic Proposing Strategies -- Chapter 4: WH-Questions as Topic Proposing Strategies -- Chapter 5: Topic-Eliciting Strategies -- Chapter 6: Successful Topic Negotiation -- Chapter 7: Trouble Spots and Abortive Topic Introductions -- Chapter 8: Action-Oriented Topic Introductions -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- References. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book presents an in-depth analysis of how discourse topics are introduced, maintained, and closed in British English conversation. It highlights the crucial role of real-time negotiation and turn-taking in ensuring cohesive topic flow. Using an inductive, bottom-up approach, the book explores topicality through an operational definition grounded in the traditional Discourse Analysis (DA) concept of given versus new information. This operational framework is used to identify potential topic shifts and is complemented by a detailed micro-analysis of interactional sequences. Inspired by Conversation Analysis (CA), it investigates how topics are negotiated, trouble spots are resolved, and cohesion is collaboratively achieved. The combination of DA and CA methodology, combined with its attention to the linguistic resources employed by participants, explores an exciting new area of Interactional Linguistics. The book offers future avenues for potential contrastive studies on topic flow which take into account regional, social, typological, stylistic, and diachronic variation. It is of interest to researchers working in the fields of information flow, conversational interaction, and functional linguistics in general. Its theoretical apparatus contributes to a clearer understanding of the elusive notion of topicality. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Changing the Topic: An Interactional Linguistics Analysis of Topic Flow in English Conversation |
| ISBN: | 3-031-86912-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911009341603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics, . 3004-9431