Try Conversation Analysis. (Though for one criticism of CA's approach on this, see http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2635.html). Mark
Hello,
I have a student interested in theories that explain the use of hesitations, hedges and the like. He has encountered them in his transcriptions and become interested in how to analyze them.
What literature should I point him to? I don't know this area at all.
Thank you.
Bonnie
Bonnie A. Nardi School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3425 (949) 824-6534 www.artifex.org/~bonnie/
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