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Reporting Talk: Reported Speech in Interaction

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Reporting Talk: Reported Speech in Interaction
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Elizabeth Holt
Edited by Rebecca Clift
SeriesStudies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:306
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/Genrelinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9780521154567
ClassificationsDewey:306.44
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Reported speech, whereby we quote the words of others, is used in many different types of interaction. In this revealing study, a team of leading experts explore how reported speech is designed, the actions it is used to perform, and how it fits into the environments in which it is used. Using contemporary techniques of conversation analysis, the authors show how speech is reported in a wide range of contexts - including ordinary conversation, storytelling, news interviews, courtroom trials and medium-sitter interactions. Providing detailed analyses of reported speech in naturallyoccurring talk, the authors examine existing linguistic and sociological studies, and offer some insights into the phenomenon. Bringing together work from the most recent investigations in conversation analysis, this book will be invaluable to all those interested in the study of interaction, in particular how we report the speech of others, and the different forms this can take.