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Multimodality, interaction and turn-taking in Mandarin conversation /

One major feature of conversation is that people take turns to speak. Based on audio and video recordings of naturally-occurring Mandarin conversation, this book explores the role of syntax, prosody, body movements as well as their interplay in turn organization in the temporal unfolding of action a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Xiaoting
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Colección:Studies in Chinese language and discourse.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:One major feature of conversation is that people take turns to speak. Based on audio and video recordings of naturally-occurring Mandarin conversation, this book explores the role of syntax, prosody, body movements as well as their interplay in turn organization in the temporal unfolding of action and interaction. Adopting the methodology of interactional linguistics, this book offers a fine-grained analysis of the three multimodal resources and the sequential environments in which they appear. It demonstrates that syntax, prosody and body movements not only converge but also diverge in projec.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 263 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027270535
9027270538
9027201838
9789027201836