Grammar of Interactional Language

A cutting-edge work, this book analyses the grammar of interactional language with a focus on discourse markers and their typology.

List of contents

Prologue; 1. Interactional language; 2. The Syntacticization of speech acts; 3. From speech acts to interaction; 4. The interactional spine hypothesis; 5. Initiating moves: a case study of confirmationals; 6. Reacting moves: a case study of response markers; 7. The grammar of interactional language; Epilogue.

About the author

Martina Wiltschko is an ICREA research Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Recent publications include The Universal Structure of Categories (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

Combing insights from different frameworks and sub-disciplines of linguistics, this groundbreaking book both develops a novel way to discover and compare interactional language, and shows that it is regulated by grammatical knowledge. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relation between language, cognition and social interaction.

Product details

• Authors: Martina Wiltschko, Martina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Wiltschko, Wiltschko Martina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781108741446
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74144-6
• No. of pages: 283
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Linguistics, HISTORY / General, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology