Interaction and Grammar (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 13) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521552257 ISBN 13: 9780521552257

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure that is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and understanding grammar: taking as their starting point the position that the very integrity of grammar is bound up with its place in the larger schemes of the organization of human conduct, particularly social interaction, their essays explore a rich variety of linkages between interaction and grammar.

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Book Description

These essays explore a rich variety of linkages between interaction and grammar. They take as their starting-point the position that the very integrity of grammar is bound up with its place in the larger schemes of the organization of human conduct, particularly social interaction.

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Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure which is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and understanding grammar, taking it as part of a broader range of systems which underlie the organization of social life and emphasizing its role in the use of language in everyday interaction and cognition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521552257
• ISBN 13: 9780521552257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 484
• Editor: Ochs Elinor, Schegloff Emanuel A., Thompson Sandra A.