Telephone calls unity and diversity in conversational structure across languages and cultures : [selected papers from the 6th International pragmatics conference held at Reims, France, in July 1998

This volume has its origins in a panel entitled "Telephone Calls: Unity and Diversity in Conversational Structure Across Languages and Cultures" organized by the editors for the 6th International Pragmatics Conference in Reims in July 1998. Work was done in Chinese, Dutch, Ecuadorian Spanish, Egytian Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Japanese and Persian. While all the papers were inspired by Sacks and Schegloff's work, they did not all share the same assumptions or use the same methodology. Annotation Telephone conversation is one of the most common forms of communication in contemporary society. For the first time in human history, some people are spending as much time, if not more, talking on the telephone as they are on face-to-face conversations. The aims of this book are: to bring together in one volume research on telephone conversations in different languages, to compare and contrast people s methods of handling telephone conversational tasks in different communities, and to explore the relationship between telephone conversational practice and cultural settings. The papers are based on first-hand, naturally-occurring data obtained from a variety of languages, including Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, and Persian. Theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to research on telephone conversations are discussed P&bns 101 9027253412,-,John,Benjamins,-,Telephone,Calls,Unity,and,Diversity,in,Conversational,Structure,Across,Languages,and,Cultures,-,2002 9027253412 - John Benjamins - Telephone Calls Unity and Diversity in Conversational Structure Across Languages and Cultures - 2002