Prosody in Conversation: Interactional Studies

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511597862

The essays in this volume are all original contributions dealing in one way or another with the analysis of prosody - primarily intonation and rhythm - and the role it plays in everyday conversation. They take as their methodological starting point the contention that the study of prosody must begin with genuine interactional rather than pre fabricated laboratory data. Through close empirical analysis of recorded material from genuine English, German, and Italian conversations, the prosody emerges here as a strategy deployed by interactants in the management of turn-taking and floor-holding; in the negotiation of conversational activities such as repair, assessments, announcements, reproaches, and news receipts; and in the keying of the tone or modality of interactional sequences.

"This is a compelling, innovative, and outstandingly well-edited collection; it deserves to be read not only by those interested in all aspects of prosody, but also by those studying conversation...and other forms of language use in interaction." Paul Drew, Language in Society

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Frontmatter
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List of contributors
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Foreword by John J. Gumperz
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Introduction
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- By Margret Selting, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
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1 - Towards an interactional perspective on prosody and a prosodic perspective on interaction
pp 11-56
- By Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Margret Selting
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2 - On the prosody and syntax of turn-continuations
pp 57-100
- By Peter Auer
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3 - Ending up in Ulster: prosody and turn-taking in English dialects
pp 101-130
- By Bill Wells, Sue Peppé
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4 - Affiliating and disaffiliating with continuers: prosodic aspects of recipiency
pp 131-176
- By Frank Ernst Müller
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5 - Conversational phonetics: some aspects of news receipts in everyday talk
pp 177-230
- By John Local
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6 - Prosody as an activity-type distinctive cue in conversation: the case of so-called ‘astonished’ questions in repair initiation
pp 231-270
- By Margret Selting
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7 - The prosodic contextualization of moral work: an analysis of reproaches in ‘why’-formats
pp 271-302
- By Susanne Günthner
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8 - On rhythm in everyday German conversation: beat clashes in assessment utterances
pp 303-365
- By Susanne Uhmann
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9 - The prosody of repetition: on quoting and mimicry
pp 366-405
- By Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
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10 - Working on young children's utterances: prosodic aspects of repetition during picture labelling
pp 406-435
- By Clare Tarplee
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11 - Informings and announcements in their environment: prosody within a multi-activity work setting
pp 436-461
- By Marjorie Harness Goodwin
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Subject index
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Index of names
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of contributors
pp ix-ix

Foreword by John J. Gumperz
pp x-xii

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - Towards an interactional perspective on prosody and a prosodic perspective on interaction
pp 11-56

2 - On the prosody and syntax of turn-continuations
pp 57-100

3 - Ending up in Ulster: prosody and turn-taking in English dialects
pp 101-130

4 - Affiliating and disaffiliating with continuers: prosodic aspects of recipiency
pp 131-176

5 - Conversational phonetics: some aspects of news receipts in everyday talk
pp 177-230

6 - Prosody as an activity-type distinctive cue in conversation: the case of so-called ‘astonished’ questions in repair initiation
pp 231-270

7 - The prosodic contextualization of moral work: an analysis of reproaches in ‘why’-formats
pp 271-302

8 - On rhythm in everyday German conversation: beat clashes in assessment utterances
pp 303-365

9 - The prosody of repetition: on quoting and mimicry
pp 366-405

10 - Working on young children's utterances: prosodic aspects of repetition during picture labelling
pp 406-435

11 - Informings and announcements in their environment: prosody within a multi-activity work setting
pp 436-461

Subject index
pp 462-468

Index of names
pp 469-471

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