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100 1 _aRüsch, Maren,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA Conversational Analysis of Acholi :
_bStructure and Socio-Pragmatics of a Nilotic Language of Uganda /
_cMaren Rüsch.
246 3 _aStructure and Socio-Pragmatics of a Nilotic Language of Uganda
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c2021.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBrill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ;
_v25
490 1 _aLanguage and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004400689
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAcknowledgements -- 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.
520 _aA 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 common claims of universality regarding the structuring of human languages by previous authors, the study shows that some Acholi strategies differ from other languages. The verbal and non-verbal practices displayed give an in-depth insight into speakers' cognitive participation during interaction. On the basis of in-situ research in Uganda, including the collection of rich audio- and video-material, this volume provides an innovative approach to language documentation and description and constitutes a thorough conversation analytic study of an African language.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAcholi language
_xDiscourse analysis.
650 0 _aAcholi language
_vSocial aspects.
650 0 _aConversation analysis
_zUganda
_zGulu District.
650 0 _aSociolinguistics
_zUganda
_zGulu District.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tA Conversational Analysis of Acholi : Structure and Socio-Pragmatics of a Nilotic Language of Uganda,
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021
_z9789004437586
830 0 _aBrill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ;
_v25.
830 0 _aLanguage and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004400689.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004437593
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_d40202