A conversational analysis of Acholi : : structure and socio-pragmatics of a Nilotic language of Uganda /

A conversational analysis of Acholi : : structure and socio-pragmatics of a Nilotic language of Uganda / / by Maren Rüsch.

A Conversational Analysis of Acholi elucidates various interaction strategies for the Nilotic language Acholi. Based on detailed examples, Maren Rüsch links the structural organization of Acholi conversations to cultural features such as politeness, language socialization and narrations. Despite com...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 25
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Rüsch, Maren,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 25.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 About the Genesis of This Book and the Study It Comprises
  • 1.2 Historical, Political and Linguistic Background: Northern Uganda and Acholi in Numbers, Graphics and Quotes
  • 1.3 Acholi Preliminaries: Written and Spoken Language "Standards"
  • 1.4 On Methodology, Ethics and Conventions
  • 2 Framing Interaction
  • 2.1 Action and Reaction
  • 2.2 Framing and Context
  • 3 Conversational Micro- and Macro-management
  • 3.1 Starting from Scratch: Turns and Adjacency Pairs
  • 3.2 Order and Action Before, After, and Within: Sequences
  • 3.3 Dealing With Conversational Trouble: Repair and Overlaps
  • 3.4 Saying It Again: Repetitions
  • 4 Socio-pragmatics
  • 4.1 About Politeness, Criticism, and Evaluation
  • 4.2 Creating the Difference with Tiny Words: Pragmatic Markers
  • 4.3 Depiction of Action: Ideophones
  • 4.4 Ritual Interaction
  • 5 Non-verbal Contributions to Conversation
  • 5.1 Doing Things without Words: Depictive, Deictic and Emblematic Gestures
  • 5.2 Non-verbal Action in Conversation: A Note on Paralinguistic Features
  • 5.3 A Multimodal Approach: Structure and Action through Gesture, Gaze, and Body
  • 6 A Multidimensional Conceptualization of Conversation Analysis in Acholi
  • 6.1 Universal and Language-Specific Features
  • 6.2 A Multidimensional Approach
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Index.

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