Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in
conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that …

Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use,
subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others …

Abstract Language is an interactional phenomenon, yet most studies of language variation
focus on the community's or the individual speaker's production more than the interactional …

Patients with right hemisphere damage (RHD) occasionally complain of difficulties in
conversation. A conversation is a type of communication between the speaker and listener …

In talk-in-interaction, transitioning to a new (discourse) topic is an interactional action which
involves the mobilization of a number of linguistic cues. This paper presents a holistic …

Human interaction frequently includes decision-making processes during which interactants
call on verbal and non-verbal resources to manage the flow of interaction. In 2017 …

The aim of this study is to analyse the intonation patterns of Italian wh-questions in relation
to epistemic orientation, topic shift and turn organisation. The research conducted so far has …

Traditionnellement, la clivée en wh-est étudiée au regard de la clivée en it. Ceci est
notamment le cas dans les ouvrages à destination des étudiants chez Gardelle et Lacassain …

Second Language Teacher Prosody focuses on the prosodic characteristics of input in L2
Spanish classrooms. Readers are led through descriptions and interpretations of prosodic …

Conversation is first and foremost about action; people don't just talk, they do things like
greeting, offering, and inviting. Understanding how speakers use the grammar of their …