Polly E. Szatrowski

List of John Benjamins publications in which Polly E. Szatrowski is involved.

Titles

Language and Food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences

Edited by Polly E. Szatrowski

This book investigates the intricate interplay between language and food in natural conversations among people eating and talking about food in English, Japanese, Wolof, Eegimaa, Danish, German, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. It is a socio-cultural/ linguistic study of how adults/ children organize… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 238] 2014. vi, 318 pp.

Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre

Edited by Polly E. Szatrowski

This book investigates how Japanese participants accommodate to and make use of genre-specific characteristics to make stories tellable, create interpersonal involvement, negotiate responsibility, and show their personal selves. The analyses of storytelling in casual conversation, animation… read more

[Studies in Narrative, 13] 2010. vi, 313 pp.

Bassene, Mamadou and Polly E. Szatrowski 2014 Food and identity in Eegimaa and Wolof: We eat what we are Language and Food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 103–130 | Article

This study examines loanwords, coined native words and code-switching in taster meal conversations and how their use relates to food identity and linguistic identity in Wolof and Eegimaa (two languages spoken in Senegal). The analysis reveals that the use of loanwords by Wolof and Eegimaa… read more

Szatrowski, Polly E. 2014 Introduction to Language and Food: The verbal and nonverbal experience Language and Food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 3–28 | Article

Szatrowski, Polly E. 2014 Modality and evidentiality in Japanese and American English taster lunches: Identifying and assessing an unfamiliar drink Language and Food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 131–156 | Article

This study investigates how Japanese and American English speakers use modal/ evidential forms and body movments to identify and assess an unfamiliar drink at a taster lunch. Results show that the Japanese used more sensory evidential forms, truth approximation forms, and final particles to request… read more

Szatrowski, Polly E. 2010 Chapter 1. Introduction: Storytelling across Japanese conversational genre Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 3–20 | Chapter

Szatrowski, Polly E. 2010 Chapter 9. Creating involvement in a large Japanese lecture: Telling the story of a haiku Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre, Szatrowski, Polly E. (ed.), pp. 267–302 | Chapter

In this paper, I investigate how a professor fits her story of a famous haiku into the structure of a large lecture and adapts verbal/ nonverbal resources to create involvement. I demonstrate how she uses (1) knowledge questions to establish the tellability of her story, (2) final particles yo ne… read more

Szatrowski, Polly E. 2007 Subjectivity, perspective and footing in Japanese co-constructions The Grammar–Pragmatics Interface: Essays in honor of Jeanette K. Gundel, Hedberg, Nancy and Ron Zacharski (eds.), pp. 313–339 | Article

Szatrowski, Polly E. 1987 “Vividness” and “narrative events” in Japanese conversational narratives Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984, Tomlin, Russell S., pp. 409–433 | Article