19.3578, Books: Discourse Analysis/Syntax/Pragmatics: Betz

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Title: Grammar and Interaction 
Subtitle: Pivots in German conversation 
Series Title: Studies in Discourse and Grammar   21  

Publication Year: 2008 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SiDaG%2021 


Author: Emma Betz

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289933 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289933 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027226310 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027226310 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00


Abstract:

This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of the structure and
communicative use of syntactic pivot constructions in German. Using the
methodology of Conversation Analysis, this work shows that pivots emerge in
interaction in response to local communicative needs.Exclusively found in
spoken German, pivots allow a speaker to extend an utterance beyond a
possible completion point in a syntactically and prosodically unobtrusive
way. Speakers utilize this basic property to promote context-specific
actions: managing boundaries of speakership, bridging sequential and
topical junctures, and dealing with different types of interactional
trouble. Through a close examination of syntactic pivots as an
interactional resource, this work shows that spoken linguistic structures
can only be fully understood if we acknowledge the temporality of language
and view grammar as usage-based and negotiable. This book thus contributes
to a growing body of research at the intersection of grammar and interaction. 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): German, Standard (deu)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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