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The nonverbal shift in early modern English conversation /
This is the first historical investigation on the nonverbal component of conversation. In the courtly society of 16th and 17th century England, it is argued that a drift appeared toward an increased use of prosodic means of expression at the expense of gestural means. Direct evidence is provided by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub., Co.,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 154. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Nonverbal Shift in Early Modern English Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; chapter 1; Subjecting the body to control; chapter 2; Are gestures dispensable?; chapter 3; The touchstone of real life; chapter 4; Words for gestures?; chapter 5; Turning to the vocal mode; chapter 6; Pieces of historical evidencefor a prosodic turn; chapter 7; Repercussions of the prosodic turnin the lexicon; chapter 8; Prince and petit bourgeois; A virtual picture; chapter 9; Recast into a conjectural historyof modal change; Bibliography; Author index*