Units of Talk – Units of Action
Edited by Beatrice Szczepek Reed and Geoffrey Raymond
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 25] 2013. vi, 378 pp.
Beatrice Szczepek Reed
List of John Benjamins publications for which Beatrice Szczepek Reed plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2024 Turn continuation in yeah/no responding turns: Glottalization and vowel linking as contrastive sound patterns New Perspectives in Interactional Linguistic Research, Selting, Margret and Dagmar Barth-Weingarten (eds.), pp. 73–102 | Chapter
This study makes an original contribution to the understanding of sound patterns in interaction by investigating glottalization and linking at word boundaries in naturally occurring talk. Specifically, the study shows how speakers of British English make use of the contrast between glottalized… read more
2017 “Can I say something?”: Meta turn-taking in natural talk Pragmatics and Society 8:2, pp. 161–182 | Article
In English the organization of talk into turns is routinely accomplished through a complex system of implicit, non-lexical cues. However, explicit verbalizations, such as “I haven’t finished” or “Can I say something?” do exist. This paper investigates instances in which participants employ meta… read more
2013 Building an instructional project: Actions as components of music masterclasses Units of Talk – Units of Action, Szczepek Reed, Beatrice and Geoffrey Raymond (eds.), pp. 313–342 | Article
This chapter argues that local actions and interactions can be viewed as the components of larger interactional projects, such as instructions. The paper presents the regularly occurring component actions of music masterclass instructions, and details how they are locally negotiated on each… read more
2013 The question of units for language, action and interaction Units of Talk – Units of Action, Szczepek Reed, Beatrice and Geoffrey Raymond (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article
2010 Intonation phrases in natural conversation: A participants’ category? Prosody in Interaction, Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar, Elisabeth Reber and Margret Selting (eds.), pp. 191–212 | Article
This chapter tests the usefulness of the category intonation phrase for the analysis of natural conversation. It asks whether the intonation phrase is a relevant unit for participants, and if so, whether it is a prosodic, or indeed an interactional category. The data show that while participants do… read more
2004 Turn-final intonation in English Sound Patterns in Interaction: Cross-linguistic studies from conversation, Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth and Cecilia E. Ford (eds.), pp. 97–117 | Article
Escalating prosody: The vocal depiction of mobile action sequences Interactional Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper shows how horse-riding instructors vocally depict, and thereby co-design and mobilize the unfolding progression of horses’ and riders’ actions through gradually escalating prosody. Escalating prosody involves the stepwise raising of a speaker’s overall pitch across a series of turn… read more