Twelve articles by leading linguists and linguistic anthropologists develop an important series of case studies that show how ideas such as "responsibility," "agency," "authority," and "evidence" are simultaneously aspects of social meaning and implications of linguistic form. The studies show how speakers attribute responsibility for acts and situations, how particular forms of language and discourse relate to claims and disclaimers of responsibility, and how verbal acts are themselves social acts, subject to such attributions. This book will serve as a landmark volume in the study and analysis of oral discourse.
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"This book is an exceedingly important contribution to the understanding of the use of rhetorical devices in oral discourse....the volume as a whole gives us a rich, multicultural perspective on the impact of context and interaction in the construction of meaning." The Modern Language Journal
"This very cohesive volume will be of particular interest to second language reserchers studying speech acts....All of the articles in this volume provide insights into a wide variety of authentic speech events and speech acts." Susan Fiksdal, Studies in Second Language Acquisitions
"This very cohesive volume will be of particular interest to second language reserchers studying speech acts....All of the articles in this volume provide insights into a wide variety of authentic speech events and speech acts." Susan Fiksdal, Studies in Second Language Acquisitions
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Case studies reveal how speakers attribute responsibility for acts and situations, particular forms of language and discourse relate to claims and disclaimers of responsibility, and verbal acts are themselves social acts, subject to such attributions.
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In this chapter I criticize theories of meaning that are predominantly based on the reconstruction of the speaker's intentions, and argue for the importance of the role of responsibility in the interpretation of speech in social interaction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adolescent fight stories, new dcu, xaxaar poems, xaxaar session, placation rites, locutionary verbs, griot women, ichthyological knowledge, interactional world, metacommunicative frame, unmarked usage, fight narratives, fieldwork conversations, insult poetry, intonation units, marked usages, chanting style, constructed dialogue, quoted discourse, deictic adverbs, quoted voice, reported speech, argumentative moves, discourse particles, ritual speech Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tohono O'odham, Good Message, Handsome Lake, Hulia Moore, Paul Revere, Chico Primo, Thanksgiving Speech, Linguistic Discourse Model, Byenge Moddu, Elmer Cane, Howard Bush, National Science Foundation, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Our Creator, Little Red Riding Hood, Puerto Rican New!
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In this chapter I criticize theories of meaning that are predominantly based on the reconstruction of the speaker's intentions, and argue for the importance of the role of responsibility in the interpretation of speech in social interaction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adolescent fight stories, new dcu, xaxaar poems, xaxaar session, placation rites, locutionary verbs, griot women, ichthyological knowledge, interactional world, metacommunicative frame, unmarked usage, fight narratives, fieldwork conversations, insult poetry, intonation units, marked usages, chanting style, constructed dialogue, quoted discourse, deictic adverbs, quoted voice, reported speech, argumentative moves, discourse particles, ritual speech Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tohono O'odham, Good Message, Handsome Lake, Hulia Moore, Paul Revere, Chico Primo, Thanksgiving Speech, Linguistic Discourse Model, Byenge Moddu, Elmer Cane, Howard Bush, National Science Foundation, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Our Creator, Little Red Riding Hood, Puerto Rican New!
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- Language and the Politics of Emotion (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) by Catherine A. Lutz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- English Speech Act Verbs: A Semantic Dictionary by Anna Wierzbicka in Back Matter
- Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language by John R. Searle in Back Matter
- Code of Handsome Lake by A. C. Parker in Back Matter
- Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (C Pedd T the Philosophical Ess) by Donald Davidson in Back Matter
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- Discourse Analysis: An Introduction by Alexandra Georgakopolou on 4 pages
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- Language, Charisma, and Creativity: The Ritual Life of a Religious Movement by Thomas J. Csordas in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Maps of Experience: The Anchoring of Land to Story in Secwepemc Discourse (Anthropological Horizons) by Andie Diane Palmer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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