Interaction and Grammar

Interaction and Grammar
Author: Elinor Ochs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1996-12-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521552257

Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure that is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and understanding grammar: taking as their starting point the position that the very integrity of grammar is bound up with its place in the larger schemes of the organization of human conduct, particularly social interaction, their essays explore a rich variety of linkages between interaction and grammar.

The Grammar of Interactional Language

The Grammar of Interactional Language
Author: Martina Wiltschko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108663133

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.

Interfaces in Grammar

Interfaces in Grammar
Author: Jianhua Hu
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027262683

This volume is an important contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of the interactions of grammatical components in Chinese and other languages. With contributions by Edward L. Keenan, Henk van Riemsdijk, Alain Rouveret, and scholars in Chinese Linguistics, this volume investigates the common structural properties that may be considered as possible candidates for UG. It addresses syntactic and semantic issues such as anaphora universals over non-isomorphic languages, the role that the forces of attraction and repulsion play in the grammar of natural languages, computational and semantic aspects of resumption, the dichotomy between inner and outer reflexive adverbials, system repairing strategies at interfaces, the v-copy construction in Chinese, the scope of disjunction, interactions between focus, negation and event quantification, null object constructions and VP-Ellipsis, child language acquisition of nominal structure, word order and referentiality as well as second language acquisition of interface properties in Chinese double NP constructions. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of syntax, semantics, theoretical linguistics, and language acquisition, as well as scholars in Chinese linguistics.

Body Language and the Social Order

Body Language and the Social Order
Author: Albert E. Scheflen
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1973
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Focuses on the significant role of body language in controlling behavior.

Language and Social Interaction

Language and Social Interaction
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Presents a directory of online resources related to language and social interaction. Offers access to information on conferences and symposia. Provides access to sties related to specific topics, including artificial intelligence, anthropology, computer-mediated communication, and human languages. Includes links to virtual libraries, sociolinguistic resources, and statistical information. Links to syllabi, electronic publications, centers, and institutes. Also links to the home page of the publisher, the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA).