35.94, Books: The Grammar of Interactional Language: Wiltschko (2023)

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Date: 08-Dec-2023
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Grammar of Interactional Language: Wiltschko (2023)


Title: The Grammar of Interactional Language
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL: https://cambridge.org/9781108741446

author: Martina Wiltschko
Abstract:

Traditional grammar and current theoretical approaches towards
modelling grammatical knowledge ignore language in interaction: that
is, words such as huh, eh, yup or yessssss. This groundbreaking book
addresses this gap by providing the first in-depth overview of
approaches towards interactional language across different frameworks
and linguistic sub-disciplines. Based on the insights that emerge, a
formal framework is developed to discover and compare language in
interaction across different languages: the interactional spine
hypothesis. Two case-studies are presented: confirmationals (such as
eh and huh) and response markers (such as yes and no), both of which
show evidence for systematic grammatical knowledge. Assuming that
language in interaction is regulated by grammatical knowledge sheds
new light on old questions concerning the relation between language
and thought and the relation between language and communication. It is
essential reading for anyone interested in the relation between
language, cognition and social interaction.

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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