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OverviewStructure and Meaning in Conversation and Literature brings together conversation analysis and reader-response theories in order to understand more fully how readers produce meaning when they interact with texts. Person demonstrates how literary discourse contains adaptations of structures in everyday conversation, thus guiding readers in producing meaning. This study will be of value to scholars and to students of conversation analysis and of literary theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond F. Person, Jr.Publisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780761814726ISBN 10: 0761814728 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 20 December 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contentschapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Representation of Speech and Thought chapter 3 Preference Organization chapter 4 Nonlexical Items chapter 5 Body Movement as Constructed Dialogue chapter 6 Prosody: Restarts chapter 7 Bibliography chapter 8 IndexReviewsThe book is a thoughtful tour of talk and the rendering of talk in formal or literary writing! -- M. Toolan Semiotica This monograph builds upon the assumptions that conversational structures are represented in literary discourse and that these structures function as guides in the reading process. Pragmatics The book is a thoughtful tour of talk and the rendering of talk in formal or literary writing --M. Toolan Semiotica Author InformationRaymond F. Person, Jr. is Associate Professor of Religion, Ohio Northern University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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