29.542, Books: The Ground From Which We Speak: Cummins

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:46:26
From: Fred Cummins [fred.cummins at ucd.ie]
Subject: The Ground From Which We Speak: Cummins

Title: The Ground From Which We Speak 
Subtitle: Joint speech and the collective subject 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Fred Cummins
	   http://pworldrworld.com/fred

Book URL: http://jointspeech.ucd.ie/index.php/book/ 

Author: Fred Cummins

Electronic: ISBN:  9781999953201 Pages: 198 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: PDF for large screens
Electronic: ISBN:  9781999953218 Pages: 377 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: PDF for smartphones

Abstract:

Joint speech is found wherever multiple people say or chant the same text at
the same time. Central examples may be found in the solemn recitation of the
credo in religious services, in the impassioned chants of protestors for the
fall of the regime, in the use of public oaths of allegiance within secular
institutions, on the football terraces, in classrooms, and in the informal
cacophony of Happy Birthday. There is thus no shortage of empirical material
to work with. As language, this use of the voice must appear somewhat odd, as
we are used to thinking of language as a game played with distinguished roles
for speakers and listeners, creatively generated in the moment, and clearly
distinguishable from music or song. Joint speech does not fit this pattern.

In this book, examples of the scientific study of joint speech both in the
wild and in the laboratory are presented, covering topics in phonetics,
linguistics, neuroscience and movement science. The canon of scientific work
is very small, however, and it is this absence that the book addresses most
directly. Collective aspirations, collective intentions and collective
passions are not easily addressed within the contemporary human sciences.
After reviewing extant scientific work, the book turns to the emerging
vocabulary of enaction as a possible way to develop a scientific account
suited to treating of different forms of collective behaviour and identity.

This book will be of potential interest to a broad audience. The topics
covered are wide ranging, but familiar, and the discussion is couched at a
level accessible to the interested reader without presupposing any specific
technical background.

It is being published online, and is available in PDF form formatted for
either laptop/tablet or smartphone. It may be downloaded, shared, and
distributed freely.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Phonetics
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=124013

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