Affectivity in interaction [ sound objects in English

How do participants display affectivity in social interaction? Presenting an in-depth analysis of a little researched area of language use from an interactional linguistic perspective, the book is of theoretical and methodological interest to an audience with a background in linguistics, sociology a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reber, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing , c2012
Series:Pragmatics & beyond new series v. 215
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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