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 actual
talk-in-interaction.
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 actual
talk-in-interaction.
"....Their work here is unique in its ambitious and informed
combination of the analysis of prosody, grammar, rhetoric, and
conversational structures....For those new to prosodic analysis,
Language in time is a demanding read, but it richly rewards the
effort. Auer, Couper-Kuhlen, and Muller set a new standard for
discourse analysts and functionally oriented linguistics such that
it is both based in the data of use and accountable to
conversational
practices as they emerged in the production if natural and socially
consequential activities."--Language in Society
"For those new to prosodic analysis, Language in Time is a
demanding read, but it richly rewards the effort. Auer,
Couper-Kuhlen, and Muller set a new standard for discourse analysts
and functionally oriented linguists with a serious commitment to
rethinking linguistics such that it is both based in the data of
use and acountable to conversational practices as they emerge in
the production of natural and socially consequential
activities."--Language in Society
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