2. Dialogues within oral narratives
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Laura Camargo-Fernández
Abstract
The objective of this chapter is to analyze ‘constructed dialogues’ in the spoken discourse of conversational narratives. These sequences, formed by quotations that represent past, possible, or imaginary dialogues in an unrehearsed and non-literal presentation, are contextually and pragmatically dependent by nature. First, the structure and organization of constructed dialogues are analyzed, followed by their relationship with certain social variables. Based on an analysis of two corpora of oral Spanish, the present study illustrates the need to examine language-in-use structures in real spoken language, thus emphasizing the advantages of corpus linguistics to deal with highly-contextualized linguistic phenomena.
Abstract
The objective of this chapter is to analyze ‘constructed dialogues’ in the spoken discourse of conversational narratives. These sequences, formed by quotations that represent past, possible, or imaginary dialogues in an unrehearsed and non-literal presentation, are contextually and pragmatically dependent by nature. First, the structure and organization of constructed dialogues are analyzed, followed by their relationship with certain social variables. Based on an analysis of two corpora of oral Spanish, the present study illustrates the need to examine language-in-use structures in real spoken language, thus emphasizing the advantages of corpus linguistics to deal with highly-contextualized linguistic phenomena.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
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Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
- 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
- 3. Being polite through irony 55
- 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
- 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
- 6. The truth about verdad 117
- 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
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Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
- 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
- 9. Conflict resolution 189
- 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
- 11. Triadic discourse 237
- 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
- Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
- References 291
- General index 315
- List of contributors 321
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
-
Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
- 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
- 3. Being polite through irony 55
- 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
- 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
- 6. The truth about verdad 117
- 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
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Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
- 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
- 9. Conflict resolution 189
- 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
- 11. Triadic discourse 237
- 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
- Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
- References 291
- General index 315
- List of contributors 321
