[Jenling] JenLing-Kolloq July 13, 18-20: Beatrice Szczepek Reed "Glottalization vs. word-linking as conversational resources"..."

[Pia Bergmann]

Dear Jena Linguists,

we cordially invite you to our next (and last) talk in this semester's  
JenLing-Kolloquium.

On 13th July, 18 (c.t.), Beatrice Szczepek Reed (King's College  
London) will give a talk on:
"Glottalization vs. word linking as conversational resources: evidence  
from German and English"

The talk will take place in the 'Seminarraum' in Fürstengraben 30, 1st floor.

You can also join us online via Zoom:

https://uni-jena-de.zoom.us/j/64261356249

Meeting-ID: 642 6135 6249
Kenncode: 058613

Best wishes
Pia (Bergmann)

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Abstract
The presentation explores the role of glottalization vs. wordlinking  
in the production of multi-unit turns. The data show that speakers of  
German, English and French use the distinction between the two  
patterns as a phonetic resource for managing the interactional  
distinction between continuing a socialaction and starting a new one.  
In German, glottalization of vowel-initiated turn constructional units  
(TCUs) has been found to co-occur at high frequency with the  
initiation of new social actions, as in the case of an assessment  
followed by a new enquiry. In contrast, vowel-initial TCUs that are  
linked directly to the end of a preceding TCU typically co-occur with  
a continuation of an in-progress action, as in the instance of a polar  
question being continued as an alternative question, making the two a  
unified enquiry. This phenomenon has also been shown for French in the  
context of confirmation sequences. The present study expands the  
analysis to British English, where the data show a similar  
distribution of patterns. The typological differences that exist with  
regard to the glottalization/ linking contrast make it a fruitful  
environment in which to ask whether certain sound contrasts lend  
themselves to the cueing of particular social actions  
cross-linguistically. In German phonology, glottalization of  
word-initial vowels is considered the norm, whereas in French and  
English liaison is expected at C_V word boundaries. However, if  
natural talk in all three languages shows connections between  
glottalization and the start of new actions on the one hand, and  
linking and action continuation on the other, this could be evidence  
that sound patterns are not solely determined by language-specific  
phonologies but are also crosslinguistic resources for managing  
interaction.


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Professor Dr. Pia Bergmann
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft
Fürstengraben 30
07743 Jena
Tel.: 03641-944314
Büro: EG, R 004