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1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Pragmatics & beyond,
0922-842X ;
154
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 154.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and indexes. |
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| Contents |
The Nonverbal Shift in Early Modern English Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; chapter 1; Subjecting the body to control; chapter 2; Are gestures dispensable?; chapter 3; The touchstone of real life; chapter 4; Words for gestures?; chapter 5; Turning to the vocal mode; chapter 6; Pieces of historical evidencefor a prosodic turn; chapter 7; Repercussions of the prosodic turnin the lexicon; chapter 8; Prince and petit bourgeois; A virtual picture; chapter 9; Recast into a conjectural historyof modal change; Bibliography; Author index* |
| Summary |
This is the first historical investigation on the nonverbal component of conversation. In the courtly society of 16th and 17th century England, it is argued that a drift appeared toward an increased use of prosodic means of expression at the expense of gestural means. Direct evidence is provided by courtesy books and personal documents of the time, indirect evidence by developments in the English lexicon. The rationale of the argument is cognitively grounded; given the integral role of gestures in thinking-for-speaking, it rests on an isomorphism between gestural and prosodic behavior that is. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Prosodic analysis.
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English language -- Prosodic analysis. |
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English language -- Great Britain -- Discourse analysis.
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English language. |
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Great Britain. |
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Discourse analysis. |
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Nonverbal communication.
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Nonverbal communication. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Hübler, Axel. Nonverbal shift in early modern English conversation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., Co., ©2007 9789027253972 (DLC) 2006051824 (OCoLC)76184196 |
| ISBN |
9789027292834 (electronic book) |
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9027292833 (electronic book) |
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9789027253972 |
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9027253978 |
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