Conversation Analysis and Prosody

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ID23646265
AuthorsBeatrice Szczepek Reed (0000-0002-3814-5198, Public and Science, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-5
Publication date2026-04-27
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1311
OpenAlexW1497245260
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

The term prosody has varying definitions across language‐related disciplines. In conversation analysis (CA) and its linguistic counterpart, interactional linguistics (Selting & Couper‐Kuhlen, 2001), it refers to the “musical” aspects of speech, that is, pitch (intonation and pitch register), loudness, and time (syllable duration, speech rate, rhythm, and pauses); in addition, some writers include voice quality. Another term for prosody that is frequently used in linguistics is suprasegmentals . This term is based on the common linguistic distinction between articulation, which refers to the production of individual sounds or segments , and those areas of speech production that are above the level of individual sounds, that is, suprasegmental.

Art · Articulation (sociology) · Conversation · Duration (music) · Intonation (linguistics) · Linguistics · Prosody · Register (sociolinguistics) · Rhythm · Stress (linguistics) · Syllable · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic research and analysis · Psychology

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