Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff

Enabling Human Conduct......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
1. Introduction......Page 8
2. Getting to know CA – and Manny......Page 10
3. Schegloff and the foundations of conversation analysis......Page 13
4. How conversation works: Investigations
in Honor of Manny Schegloff......Page 16
5. Manny Schegloff: A few concluding remarks......Page 18
References......Page 19
A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff......Page 22
Reference......Page 57
A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff, Part 2......Page 62
References......Page 66
1. Introduction......Page 68
2. Data and methods......Page 71
3.1 Sequence type 1: Inferred purpose of a yes/no or fixed
choice question is to seek an explanation......Page 72
3.2 Sequence Type 2: Inferred purpose of a request for confirmation
is seeking response to an associated query......Page 75
3.3 Sequence Type 3: Inferred purpose of an open query
is seeking information about a specific matter......Page 78
4. Discussion......Page 80
References......Page 83
1. Introduction......Page 86
1.1 Reversed polarity questions......Page 87
1.2 Type-conforming and non-conforming responses......Page 88
2. No sequentially appropriate slot for response......Page 90
3.1 Accepting the challenge......Page 93
3.2 Agreeing with the Challenge......Page 97
3.3 Agreeing with a challenge to a non-present party......Page 98
3.4 Treating the Question as Unanswerable......Page 99
4. Rejecting the challenge with type-conforming responses......Page 100
4.1 Rejecting the challenge by answering the question......Page 101
4.2 Backing Down......Page 105
5. Type-Conforming Joke Response......Page 107
6. Summary and Conclusion......Page 108
References......Page 110
1. Introduction......Page 112
2. Grantings and fulfillments of a request......Page 113
3. Data......Page 114
5. Overview: A request-response sequence......Page 115
6. Extended responding......Page 119
6.1 Co-construction and initiative......Page 121
References......Page 127
Appendix......Page 128
Abbreviations......Page 130
1. Introduction......Page 132
2. Remote proposals......Page 136
3. Data......Page 138
4. The social and syntactic design of remote proposals......Page 139
5. Analysis......Page 141
6. Concluding Remarks......Page 148
References......Page 149
1. Introduction......Page 152
2. Analysis......Page 156
3. Conclusion......Page 170
References......Page 171
Abbreviations......Page 173
1. Introduction......Page 174
2. Characteristics of PQs......Page 178
3. Selection principles of OIR formats......Page 184
4. Theoretical implications......Page 189
References......Page 191
1. Introduction......Page 196
2. Linguistically gendered terms can be chosen without
making gender relevant to the action in which
participants are engaged......Page 197
3. Linguistically gendered terms can be used as a resource
for making gender relevant – but the relevance of gender
can be negotiated and contested......Page 203
4. Gender is invoked or disattended over the course of an interaction
in the interests of local interactional goals.......Page 207
References......Page 211
Preamble......Page 214
References......Page 216
1. Introduction......Page 218
2. Context, identities and forms of talk......Page 219
3. On failing to recognise the voice of an intimate......Page 224
4. Workplace calls......Page 226
5. Greetings exchanges......Page 227
6. Conclusion......Page 234
References......Page 235
1. Introduction......Page 238
2. Tacit and explicit practices for moving into closings......Page 241
3.1 Initiating closings tacitly in closing-implicative environments......Page 246
3.2 Designedly monotopical calls......Page 247
3.3 “Designedly last” topics......Page 251
3.4 Closing a “possibly last” topic......Page 254
3.5 Expanded pre-closing sequences......Page 265
4. Environments for explicit initiation of closings......Page 267
4.1 Non-interruptive uses of explicit closings......Page 271
5. Conclusions......Page 274
References......Page 275
Appendix: Transcription conventions for Russian......Page 277
Particles and Epistemics......Page 280
1. Introduction......Page 281
2. Oh in Anglo-American English......Page 282
3. Initial Ou in Mandarin Chinese......Page 284
4. Final A in Mandarin Chinese......Page 289
5.1 Responding to a question while indexing the
question’s inappositeness or redundancy......Page 292
5.2 Oh-prefaced and a-finalized responses
as escalated disagreement......Page 295
5.3 Oh-prefaced and a-finalized responses as
independently arrived at......Page 298
6. Concluding discussion......Page 299
References......Page 302
Abbreviations......Page 304
1. Introduction......Page 306
2. On the emergent structuring of human conduct......Page 307
3.2 Adjusting hand gestures......Page 308
3.3 Adjusting Manual Action......Page 309
4. Action pivoting......Page 311
4.1 Turn-constructional pivots......Page 313
4.2 Gestural pivots......Page 314
4.3 Manual action pivots......Page 317
5.1 “One more thing”: Auto-involvement as
a ready-made pivoting resource......Page 319
References......Page 320
1. Introduction......Page 322
2. The beginning stage: Casual observation about
small-scale linguistic phenomena......Page 323
2.2 Timing in sounds, syllables, and words......Page 324
2.4 Reference and deixis......Page 325
3.1 Sentences......Page 326
3.3 Speech acts......Page 327
3.5 Prosody......Page 328
4.1 Language in its natural habitat......Page 329
5. Conclusion......Page 330
References......Page 331
1. Universal acid......Page 334
2. Some working presumptions about the interplay
between language, culture and interaction......Page 336
3. Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea – the ramifications of kinship......Page 337
4. A mysterious genre of joke......Page 340
5. Culture and naming: The interplay between cultural
systems and interactional systematics......Page 345
6. Models for the interaction of language, culture and interaction......Page 351
7. Conclusion......Page 354
References......Page 356
Reply to Levinson......Page 358
Subject Index......Page 362
Name Index......Page 366