Multimodality, Interaction and Turn-taking in Mandarin Conversation: 3 (Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse) - Hardcover

Li, Xiaoting

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027201838 ISBN 13: 9789027201836

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2014

Synopsis

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 projecting possible turn completion. As one of the few systematic studies of multimodality in Mandarin interaction, this book will be of interest to researchers in Chinese linguistics, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, and multimodal analysis.

About this title

Product Description

Multimodality, Interaction and Turn-taking in Mandarin Conve

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027201838
• ISBN 13: 9789027201836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276