Overview

"This volume suggests a novel treatment of context in the analysis of everyday interaction. On a theoretical level, it advocates a switch of focus from ""context"" as a pre-established, monolithic category which constringes co-participants' verbal and non-verbal behaviour, to an active notion of ""contextualization"": in order to make oneself understood, participants have to establish and maintain those shared contextual frames which in turn are relevant to the local interpretation of their verbal and non-verbal acitivities. On an empirical level, the volume contains analyses that show how participants employ ""contextualization cues"" of prosodic (rhythm, intonation, tempo) or non-verbal (gaze, gesture) nature in order to ""achieve context"". The volume is also an appraisal of the theory of contextualization developed by John Gumperz. The contributors come from various schools of research, such as conversation analysis, micro-ethnography, phonetics/phonology and meta-pragmatics, and relate their work to this theory."

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Author:   Peter Auer ,  Aldo Di Luzio ,  Aldo Di Luzio (both of the University of Konstanz, Switzerland)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   22
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9789027250346

ISBN 10:   9027250340
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   11 June 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. I. Theory of Contextualization; 3. Introduction: John Gumperz' Approach to Contextualization (by Auer, Peter); 4. Contextualization Revisited (by Gumperz, John J.); 5. The Indeterminancy of Contextualization: When Is Enough Enough? (by Silverstein, Michael); 6. II. Gesture and Other Visible Behaviour; 7. Context, Activity and Participation (by Goodwin, Charles); 8. Gesture's Discreet Tasks: Multiple Relevancies in Visual Conduct and in the Contextualisation of Language (by Heath, Christian); 9. Comments (by Hinnenkamp, Volker); 10. Previews: Gestures at the Transition Place (by Streeck, Jurgen); 11. The return Gesture: Some Remarks on Context, Inference, and Iconic Gesture (by Fornel, Michel de); 12. III. Prosody; 13. Gendered Contexts (by Cook-Gumperz, Jenny); 14. Theatrical Moments: On Contextualizing Funny and Dramatic moods in the Course of Telling a Story in Conversation; 15. Comments (by Gunthner, Susanne); 16. Intonation as a Contextualization Device: Case Studies on the Role of Prosody, Especially Intonation, in Contextualizing Story Telling in Conversation (by Selting, Margret); 17. Comments (by Schwitalla, Johannes); 18. Continuing and Restarting (by Local, John); 19. Contextualizing Relevance: On Some Forms and Functions of Speech Rate Changes in Everyday Conversation (by Uhmann, Susanne); 20. Contextualizing Discourse: The Prosody of Interactive Repair (by Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth); 21. They Know All the Lines: Rhythmic Organization and Contextualization in a Conversational Listing Routine; 22. Index

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