The Grammar of Interactional Language

by Martina Wiltschko

Book Overview

Traditional grammar and current theoretical approaches towards modelling grammatical knowledge ignore language in interaction: that is, words such as huh, eh, yup or yessssss. This groundbreaking book addresses this gap by providing the first in-depth overview of approaches towards interactional language across different frameworks and linguistic sub-disciplines. Based on the insights that emerge, a formal framework is developed to discover and compare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108741444
• ISBN13: 9781108741446
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"