| Description |
1 online resource (x, 208 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in discourse and grammar, 0928-8929 ; v. 21 |
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Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 21.
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| Contents |
Grammar and Interaction; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Preliminaries; Chapter 3. Pivot constructions as a syntactic resource for turn-taking; Chapter 4. Pivots at sequential and topic boundaries; Chapter 5. Pivot constructions as a resource for managing repair; Chapter 6. Pivot constructions in embedded self-correction; Chapter 7. Concluding discussion; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Name index; Subject index; The series Studies in Discourse and Grammar |
| Summary |
This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of the structure and communicative use of syntactic pivot constructions in German. Using the methodology of Conversation Analysis, this work shows that pivots emerge in interaction in response to local communicative needs. Exclusively found in spoken German, pivots allow a speaker to extend an utterance beyond a possible completion point in a syntactically and prosodically unobtrusive way. Speakers utilize this basic property to promote context-specific actions: managing boundaries of speakership, bridging sequential and topical junctures, an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and indexes |
| Notes |
Text in English and German |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
German language -- Spoken German
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German language -- Grammar
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German language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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German language
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German language -- Grammar
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German language -- Spoken German
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027289933 |
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902728993X |
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1282104411 |
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9781282104419 |
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6612104414 |
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9786612104411 |
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