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Multimodality, Interaction and Turn-taking in Mandarin Conversation

By Xiaoting Li

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9027201838, 9789027201836
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5345353 bytes)
Series
Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse
Pages
276\278
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-10-28 15:04:36
Linguistics Words Language Grammar Reference Human

Description

One major feature of conversation is that people take turns to speak. Based on audio and video recordings of naturally-occurring Mandarin conversation, this book explores the role of syntax, prosody, body movements as well as their interplay in turn organization in the temporal unfolding of action and interaction. Adopting the methodology of interactional linguistics, this book offers a fine-grained analysis of the three multimodal resources and the sequential environments in which they appear. It demonstrates that syntax, prosody and body movements not only converge but also diverge in projecting possible turn completion. As one of the few systematic studies of multimodality in Mandarin interaction, this book will be of interest to researchers in Chinese linguistics, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, and multimodal analysis.

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