Publication

2020 - Benjamins Publishing Company, John

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789027260635
  • ISBN-10902726063X
  • Better World Books9789027260635
  • Open LibraryOL29542204M

Description

"This book examines the linguistic and interactional mechanisms through which people bond or feel bonded with one another by analyzing situated discourse in Japanese contexts. The term "bonding" points to the sense of co-presence, belonging, and alignment with others as well as with the space of interaction. We analyze bonding as established, not only through the usage of language as a foregrounded code, but also through multi-layered contexts shared on the interactional, corporeal, and socio-cultural levels. The volume comprises twelve chapters examining the processes of bonding (and un-bonding) using situated discourse taken from rich ethnographic data including police suspect interrogations, Skype-mediated family conversations, theatrical rehearsals, storytelling, business email correspondence and advertisements. While the book focuses on processes of bonding in Japanese discourse, the concept of bonding can be applied universally in analyzing the co-creation of semiotic, pragmatic, and communal space in situated discourse"--

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Other Editions

  • Bonding Through ContextBenjamins Publishing Company, John2020

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