Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. I. Theory of Contextualization
5. Introduction 1
6. Contextualization Revisited 39
7. The Indeterminancy of Contextualization 55
8. II. Gesture and Other Visible Behaviour
9. Context, Activity and Participation 77
10. Gesture’s Discreet Tasks 101
11. Comments 129
12. Previews 135
13. The return Gesture 159
14. III. Prosody
15. Gendered Contexts 177
16. Theatrical Moments 199
17. Comments 223
18. Intonation as a Contextualization Device 233
19. Comments 259
20. Continuing and Restarting 273
21. Contextualizing Relevance 297
22. Contextualizing Discourse 337
23. They Know All the Lines 365
24. Index 399