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Talking voices : repetition, dialogue, and imagery in conversational discourse
Responsibility | Deborah Tannen |
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Series | Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 6 |
Material Type | Book |
Publisher | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press |
Year | 1989 |
Language | English |
Size | x, 240 p. ; 22 cm |
Abstract | Talking Voices is a radical contribution to both linguistic and literary analysis. In this important new book Deborah Tannen shows how conversation provides the source for linguistic strategies that a...e shaped and elaborated in literary discourse and other spoken and written, public and private genres. She explores the scenic and musical basis of both textual meaning and interpersonal involvement in discourse. Repetition establishes rhythm and meaning by patterns of constants and contrasts. Dialogue and imagery create scenes peopled by characters in relation to each other, doing things that are culturally and personally recognizable and meaningful. Talking Voices provides a framework for understanding how conversation works and for examining how strategies that are pervasive and spontaneous in conversation are intertwined and elaborated in public speaking and other spoken genres and in written literary discourse. It is not only linguists and literary specialists who will find their understanding advanced, but all readers with a serious interest in the social and cultural aspects of communication. Talking Voices is a radical contribution to both linguistic and literary analysis. In this important new book Deborah Tannen shows how conversation provides the source for linguistic strategies that are shaped and elaborated in literary discourse and other spoken and written, public and private genres. She explores the scenic and musical basis of both textual meaning and interpersonal involvement in discourse. Repetition establishes rhythm and meaning by patterns of constants and contrasts. Dialogue and imagery create scenes peopled by characters in relation to each other, doing things that are culturally and personally recognizable and meaningful. Talking Voices provides a framework for understanding how conversation works and for examining how strategies that are pervasive and spontaneous in conversation are intertwined and elaborated in public speaking and other spoken genres and in written literary discourse. It is not only linguists and literary specialists who will find their understanding advanced, but all readers with a serious interest in the social and cultural aspects of communication.show more |
Holdings
Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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: pbk | Central Library ASRS | 809/Ta 88 | 1994 |
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032212015501761 |
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: pbk | Central Library ASRS | 809/Ta 88/52990333 | 1999 |
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052211999003337 |
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Bibliographic details
Notes | Bibliography: p. [220]-234 Includes author and subject indexes |
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Authors | *Tannen, Deborah |
Subjects | LCSH:Conversation |
Classification | NDC8:809 LCC:P95.45 DC19:001.54/2 |
ID | 1000100596 |
ISBN | 0521370019 |
NCID | BA0772629X |
Vol | : hard ; ISBN:0521370019 : pbk ; ISBN:0521379008 |
Created Date | 2009.09.10 |
Modified Date | 2011.08.12 |