Table of contents
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I. Introduction
Introduction
II. Background
1. Preliminaries: Affectivity and sound objects in an interactional linguistic perspective
2. Approaching sound objects: Previous research on interjections, discourse markers and vocalisations
3. Approaching affectivity in talk-in-interaction I: Previous research on prosody
4. Approaching affectivity in talk-in-interaction II: Previous research on conversational activities
III. An analysis of responsive affect-laden sound objects in talk-in-interaction
5. Affectivity and sound objects: An interactional linguistic perspective
6. Affect-laden oh in repair sequences and news tellings
7. Affect-laden oohs in radio phone-ins and in mundane complaint sequences/troubles talk
8. Types of affect-laden ahs in troubles talk and deliveries of bad news
9. More affect-laden sound objects
IV. Summary and conclusions
Summary
References
Appendix
Subject index
Name index281
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