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2. Dialogues within oral narratives

Functions and forms

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

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
  5. Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
  6. 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
  7. 3. Being polite through irony 55
  8. 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
  9. 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
  10. 6. The truth about verdad 117
  11. 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
  12. Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
  13. 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
  14. 9. Conflict resolution 189
  15. 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
  16. 11. Triadic discourse 237
  17. 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
  18. Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
  19. References 291
  20. General index 315
  21. List of contributors 321
Dialogue in Spanish
This chapter is in the book Dialogue in Spanish
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.7.03cam

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
  5. Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
  6. 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
  7. 3. Being polite through irony 55
  8. 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
  9. 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
  10. 6. The truth about verdad 117
  11. 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
  12. Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
  13. 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
  14. 9. Conflict resolution 189
  15. 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
  16. 11. Triadic discourse 237
  17. 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
  18. Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
  19. References 291
  20. General index 315
  21. List of contributors 321
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