Talk Units

Talk Units

Author: Brigitte K. Halford

Publisher: Gunter Narr Verlag

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9783823345770

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Let's Talk Level 3 Teacher's Manual with Audio CD

Let's Talk Level 3 Teacher's Manual with Audio CD

Author: Leo Jones

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-02-25

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521692885

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Letâ€(TM)s Talk Second edition is a speaking and listening course that takes students from a high-beginning to a high-intermediate level. The Let's Talk 3, Second Edition,Teacher's Manual has been enhanced and expanded to offer increased support and flexibility. Included are detailed teaching notes, clear learning objectives for every activity, teaching tips, expansion activities, and writing options. Provided as photocopiables in the back of the book are model conversations for discussion support, talking points for additional speaking practice, and a complete assessment program including quizzes and tests. The Audio CD packaged with the Teacher's Manual provides all the listening sections for the assessment program.


Units of Talk – Units of Action

Units of Talk – Units of Action

Author: Beatrice Szczepek Reed

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9027271313

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In this volume leading academics in Interactional Linguistics and Conversation Analysis consider the notion of units for the study of language and interaction. Amongst the issues being explored are the role and relevance of traditionally accepted linguistic units for the analysis of naturally occurring talk, and the identification of new units of conduct in interaction. While some chapters make suggestions on how existing linguistic units can be adapted to suit the study of conversation, others present radically new perspectives on how language in interaction should be described, conceptualised and researched. The chapters present empirical investigations into different languages (Danish, English, Japanese, Mandarin, Swedish) in a variety of settings (private and institutional), considering both linguistic and embodied resources for talk. In addressing the fundamental question of units, the volume pushes at the boundaries of current debates and contributes original new insight into the nature of language in interaction.


Multimodality, Interaction and Turn-taking in Mandarin Conversation

Multimodality, Interaction and Turn-taking in Mandarin Conversation

Author: Xiaoting Li

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-07-17

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9027270538

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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.


Ethnic Styles of Speaking in European Metropolitan Areas

Ethnic Styles of Speaking in European Metropolitan Areas

Author: Friederike Kern

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2011-12-22

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9027282536

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In recent years, ethnic ways of speaking by young people with migrant background have become an important research object in sociolinguistics; work on these ways of speaking has been prospering in many European countries. This work is continued in the present volume, with the aim of bringing together various research designs which explore the phenomenon from different perspectives: correlational methodology of sociolinguistic research, conversation analytical and interactional linguistic methodology, and an ethnographic perspective on language use and the construction of social identities and social relations. The aim of the volume is to explore the scope of these different methodologies and to provide a basis for the discussion and evaluation of the theories of language variation associated with them. All papers focus on the description of the linguistic characteristics that constitute the non-standard structures of ethnic styles of speaking, and look into their various functions in discourse.


Extending the Scope of Corpus-based Research

Extending the Scope of Corpus-based Research

Author: Sylviane Granger

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 904201136X

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This collection of articles highlights some of the challenges facing English Corpus Linguistics at the beginning of the 21st century and shows how these challenges are being addressed by researchers.


An Introduction to Conversation Analysis

An Introduction to Conversation Analysis

Author: Anthony J. Liddicoat

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-08-26

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1350090662

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Conversation is one of the most widespread uses of human language, but what is actually happening when we interact this way? How is conversation structured? How does it function? Answering these questions and more, An Introduction to Conversation Analysis is an essential overview of this topic for students in a wide range of disciplines including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and sociology. This is the only book you need to learn how to do conversation analysis. Beginning by positioning conversation analysis amongst other methodologies, this book explains the advantages before guiding you step-by-step through how to do conversation analysis and what it reveals about the ways language works in communication. Chapters introduce every aspect of conversation analysis logically and clearly, covering topics such as transcription, turn-taking, sequence organisation, repair, and storytelling. Now fully revised and expanded to take account of recent developments, this third edition includes: - 3 new chapters, covering action formation and epistemics, multimodality and spoken interaction, and written conversation - New topics including online and mobile technology, cross-cultural conversation and medical discourse - A glossary of key terms, brand new exercises and updated lists of further reading - A fully updated companion website, featuring tutorials, audio and video files, and a range of different exercises covering turn taking, organisation and repair


Designing Interactive Speech Systems

Designing Interactive Speech Systems

Author: Niels O. Bernsen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1447108973

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A description of the design and implementation of spoken language dialogue within the context of spoken language dialogue systems development. Using an applications-oriented SLDS developed through the Danish Dialogue project, the authors describe the complete process involved; and in so doing present several innovative practical tools, such as dialogue design guidelines, in-depth evaluation methodologies, and speech functionality analysis. Their approach is firmly applications-oriented, describing the results applicable to industry and showing how the development of advanced applications drives research rather than vice versa. For everyone working on the R&D of spoken language services, especially in the area of telecommunications.