Language in Time: The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction

by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Frank Muller, Peter Auer, et al.

Book Overview

The authors here promote the reintroduction of temporality into the description and analysis of spoken interaction. They argue that spoken words are, in fact, temporal objects, and that unless linguists consider how they are delivered within the Context of time, they will not capture the full meaning of situated language use. Their approach is rigorously empirical, with analyses of English, German, and Italian rhythm, all grounded in sequences of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195109287
• ISBN13: 9780195109283
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"