Prosody in Conversation: Interactional Studies

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521024102
• ISBN13: 9780521024105
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"