Language in Time: The Rhythm and Tempo of Spoken Interaction

(Part of the Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Series)

by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Frank Muller, Peter Auer, et al.

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195109287

ISBN13:9780195109283

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Communication Communication & Journalism Communications Education & Reference Foreign Language Study & Reference Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Movements & Periods Phonetics & Phonics

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