Talking Voices: Repetition, Dialogue, and Imagery in Conversational Discourse (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 26)

Written in readable, vivid, non-technical prose, this book, first published in 2007, presents the highly respected scholarly research that forms the foundation for Deborah Tannen's best-selling books about the role of language in human relationships. It provides a clear framework for understanding how ordinary conversation works to create meaning and establish relationships. A significant theoretical and methodological contribution to both linguistic and literary analysis, it uses transcripts of tape-recorded conversation to demonstrate that everyday conversation is made of features that are associated with literary discourse: repetition, dialogue, and details that create imagery. This second edition features a new introduction in which the author shows the relationship between this groundbreaking work and the research that has appeared since its original publication in 1989. In particular, she shows its relevance to the contemporary topic 'intertextuality', and provides a useful summary of research on that topic. This Book Presents The Highly Respected Scholarly Research That Forms The Foundation For Deborah Tannen's Best-selling Books About The Role Of Language In Human Relationships. It Provides A Clear Framework For Understanding How Ordinary Conversation Works To Create Meaning And Establish Relationships. A Significant Theoretical And Methodological Contribution To Both Linguistic And Literary Analysis, It Uses Transcripts Of Tape-recorded Conversation To Demonstrate That Everyday Conversation Is Made Of Features That Are Associated With Literary Discourse: Repetition, Dialogue, And Details That Create Imagery. This Second Edition Features A New Introduction In Which The Author Shows The Relationship Between This Groundbreaking Work And The Research That Has Appeared Since Its Original Publication In 1989. In Particular, She Shows Its Relevance To The Contemporary Topic Intertextuality, And Provides An Invaluable Summary Of Research On That Topic.--jacket. Introduction To First Edition -- Introduction To Second Edition -- Involvement In Discourse -- Repetition In Conversation: Toward A Poetics Of Talk -- Oh Talking Voice That Is So Sweet: Constructing Dialogue In Conversation -- Imagining Worlds: Imagery And Detail In Conversation And Other Genres -- Involvement Strategies In Consort: Literary Nonfiction And Political Oratory -- Afterword: Toward A Humanistic Linguistics. Deborah Tannen. Previous Ed.: 1989. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-226) And Indexes. Talking Voices, first published in 2007, presents the scholarly research that forms the foundation for Deborah Tannen's best-selling books about the role of language in human relationships. It provides a clear framework for understanding how ordinary conversation creates meaning and establishes relationships. The central idea of this book is that ordinary conversation is made up of linguistic strategies that have been thought quintessentially literary.