Units of Talk – Units of Action

Editors

Beatrice Szczepek Reed | University of York

Geoffrey Raymond | University of California at Santa Barbara

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In this volume leading academics in Interactional Linguistics and Conversation Analysis consider the notion of units for the study of language and interaction. Amongst the issues being explored are the role and relevance of traditionally accepted linguistic units for the analysis of naturally occurring talk, and the identification of new units of conduct in interaction. While some chapters make suggestions on how existing linguistic units can be adapted to suit the study of conversation, others present radically new perspectives on how language in interaction should be described, conceptualised and researched. The chapters present empirical investigations into different languages (Danish, English, Japanese, Mandarin, Swedish) in a variety of settings (private and institutional), considering both linguistic and embodied resources for talk. In addressing the fundamental question of units, the volume pushes at the boundaries of current debates and contributes original new insight into the nature of language in interaction.

[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 25] 2013. vi, 378 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.25

Table of Contents

The question of units for language, action and interaction

Beatrice Szczepek Reed and Geoffrey Raymond | pp. 1–10

Part I. Units of language revisited

Units and/or Action Trajectories? The language of grammatical categories and the language of social action

Cecilia E. Ford, Barbara A. Fox and Sandra A. Thompson | pp. 13–56

The dynamics of incrementation in utterance-building: Processes and resources

Per Linell | pp. 57–90

From “intonation units” to cesuring – an alternative approach to the prosodic-phonetic structuring of talk-in-interaction

Dagmar Barth-Weingarten | pp. 91–124

Perception of prosodic boundaries by untrained listeners

Brendan Barnwell | pp. 125–166

Part II. Units of action and interaction

At the intersection of turn and sequence organization: On the relevance of “slots” in type-conforming responses to polar interrogatives.

Geoffrey Raymond | pp. 169–206

When ‘yes’ is not enough – as an answer to a yes/no question

Jakob Steensig and Trine Heinemann | pp. 207–242

Emerging units and emergent forms of participation within a unit in Japanese interaction: Local organization at a finer level of granularity

Shimako Iwasaki | pp. 243–276

Phonetic resources in the construction of social actions

Richard Ogden and Traci Walker | pp. 277–312

Building an instructional project: Actions as components of music masterclasses

Darren Reed and Beatrice Szczepek Reed | pp. 313–342

Language and the body in the construction of units in Mandarin face-to-face interaction

Xiaoting Li | pp. 343–376

Index | pp. 377–378

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