Publication details
Interpreting meaning in spoken interaction: the case of I mean. In: I Mean. Conference Proceedings. First International Conference on Meaning in Interaction. University of the West of England, Bristol, 23-25 April, 2009
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | R&D Presentation |
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| Description | Spoken interaction is a cooperative process in which permanent negotiation of meaning between all participants takes place. In this process the speaker can use some signals mostly labelled discourse markers to enable the hearer(s) to arrive at an interpretation which comes as close as possible to the speaker s communicative intentions. Based on quantitative as well as qualitative analysis of texts taken from two corpora representing academic spoken discourse (LLC and MICASE), the author discusses how I mean can enhance the hearer s coherent interpretation and understanding of the message, thus contributing to discourse coherence, which is understood as a dynamic, hearer-oriented and interpretative notion. Is is a book of proceedings which has not been alotted an ISBN number. |
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