Aspects of Confused Speech

A Study of Verbal Interaction Between Confused and Normal Speakers
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8058-2808-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 382 g

Reihe: Routledge Communication Series

Based on research focusing on the experience of having confused speech and being with confused speakers, this book begins with everyday, commonly understood ideas such as "talking too much" and examines how confused speech is "brought off" as a collaborative activity by the people involved. The author became involved in this project because she was interested in how "confusion" seemed to be something that everyone is not only involved in but also recognizes as part of ordinary life. At the same time, "confusion" is a word that is used somewhat as a blanket category for some people considered permanently incompetent and "set apart" from ordinary members of society. Her study analyzes how talk between confused and normal speakers throws light on this tension.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shakespeare, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction. Confusion, Normality, and Everyday Life. Assembling and Processing the Data. Openings. Minimally Active Confused Speakers. Moderately Active Confused Speakers. Very Active Confused Speakers. Getting Confused? Appendices: Research Participants. Transcription Conventions. Tilly's Story. Lunchtime at the Bruner's.

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Shakespeare