A linguistic practice for retracting overstatements

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Syntactic resources in conversation
6. Syntax and prosody as methods for the construction and identification of turn-constructional units in conversation 17
7. Parenthesis as a resource in the grammar of conversation 45
8. Delayed self-repairs as a structuring device for complex turns in conversation 75
9. Pivot constructions in spoken German 103
10. The use of marked syntactic constructions in Italian multi-party conversation 129
11. Grammatical constructions in “real life practices” 159
12. Interactional and sequential configurations informing request format selection in children’s speech 185
13. Language as social action 209
14. Part II. Lexico-semantic resources in conversation
15. The interactional generation of exaggerated versions in conversation 233
16. A linguistic practice for retracting overstatements 257
17. Conversational interpretation of lexical items and conversational contrasting 289
18. Form and function of ‘first verbs’ in talk-in-interaction 319
19. Notes on disaligning ‘yes but’ initiated utterances in Danish and German conversations 349
20. Where grammar and interaction meet 375
21. Index 403