Grammar and interaction : pivots in German conversation /
This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of the structure and communicative use of syntactic pivot constructions in German. Using the methodology of Conversation Analysis, this work shows that pivots emerge in interaction in response to local communicative needs. Exclusively found in spo...
| Основен автор: | Betz, Emma. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English German |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Studies in discourse and grammar ;
v. 21. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=252351 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Grammar and interaction. |
| Резюме: |
This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of the structure and communicative use of syntactic pivot constructions in German. Using the methodology of Conversation Analysis, this work shows that pivots emerge in interaction in response to local communicative needs. Exclusively found in spoken German, pivots allow a speaker to extend an utterance beyond a possible completion point in a syntactically and prosodically unobtrusive way. Speakers utilize this basic property to promote context-specific actions: managing boundaries of speakership, bridging sequential and topical junctures, an. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 208 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027289933 902728993X 1282104411 9781282104419 |
| ISSN: |
0928-8929 ; |