Language in Time

The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction

By: Peter Auer, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Frank Muller

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Hardcover | 1 December 1998

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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 actual talk-in-interaction.

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"....Their work here is unique in its ambitious and informed combination of the analysis of prosody, grammar, rhetoric, and conversational structures....For those new to prosodic analysis, Language in time is a demanding read, but it richly rewards the effort. Auer, Couper-Kuhlen, and Muller set a new standard for discourse analysts and functionally oriented linguistics such that it is both based in the data of use and accountable to conversational practices as they emerged in the production if natural and socially consequential activities."--Language in Society "For those new to prosodic analysis, Language in Time is a demanding read, but it richly rewards the effort. Auer, Couper-Kuhlen, and Muller set a new standard for discourse analysts and functionally oriented linguists with a serious commitment to rethinking linguistics such that it is both based in the data of use and acountable to conversational practices as they emerge in the production of natural and socially consequential activities."--Language in Society

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Language Learning & Teaching Specific Skills of Learning Language Speaking & Pronounciation Skills Linguistics Philosophy of Language Semantics & Discourse Analysis Grammar, Syntax & Morphology Phonetics Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies

Communication Studies

Preface	p. v
Transcription Conventions	p. ix
The Study of Rhythm	p. 3
Hearing and Notating Conversational Rhythm	p. 35
Rhythm and Conversational Turn Taking in English	p. 56
Rhythm and Preference Organization in English	p. 92
Rhythm in Telephone Closings	p. 116
Rhythm in Turn Construction	p. 152
Rhythm and Performance	p. 172
A Summary and Some Conclusions	p. 201
Notes	p. 209
References	p. 221
Index	p. 233
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