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Selection principles of other-initiated repair turn formats

Some indications from positioned questions

Abstract

A previously undocumented type of other-initiated repair (“OIR”) termed “positioned question” (“PQ”) is unique in turn-design, sequential remoteness to the trouble-source turn and its occurrence in non-dyadic interaction. Its characteristics provide insights into the interconnectedness of different OIR selection principles. For the intersection of grammar and interaction the analysis shows how syntax and word class are interrelated with aspects of sequence and action. With reference to the discussion of how the sociocultural, the linguistic and the interactional system are related in a theory of social order (Levinson 2005;Schegloff 2005), the results on PQ sindicate that the interactional system is central, and that the organization of language used in interaction is primarily based on interactional principles of action.

Abstract

A previously undocumented type of other-initiated repair (“OIR”) termed “positioned question” (“PQ”) is unique in turn-design, sequential remoteness to the trouble-source turn and its occurrence in non-dyadic interaction. Its characteristics provide insights into the interconnectedness of different OIR selection principles. For the intersection of grammar and interaction the analysis shows how syntax and word class are interrelated with aspects of sequence and action. With reference to the discussion of how the sociocultural, the linguistic and the interactional system are related in a theory of social order (Levinson 2005;Schegloff 2005), the results on PQ sindicate that the interactional system is central, and that the organization of language used in interaction is primarily based on interactional principles of action.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Schegloff and the founding of a discovering discipline 1
  4. A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff 15
  5. A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff, Part 2 55
  6. Inferring the purpose of a prior query and responding accordingly 61
  7. Responses to Wh-question challenges 79
  8. Extended responding 105
  9. Accepting remote proposals 125
  10. Interactional uses of acknowledgment tokens 145
  11. Selection principles of other-initiated repair turn formats 167
  12. Referring to persons 189
  13. Out of context 207
  14. Out of context 211
  15. Opening up closings in Russian 231
  16. Particles and epistemics 273
  17. On the practical re-intentionalization of body behavior 299
  18. What a difference forty years make 315
  19. Living with Manny’s dangerous idea 327
  20. Reply to Levinson 351
  21. Subject index 355
  22. Name index 359
Enabling Human Conduct
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.273.09egb

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Schegloff and the founding of a discovering discipline 1
  4. A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff 15
  5. A discussion with Emanuel A. Schegloff, Part 2 55
  6. Inferring the purpose of a prior query and responding accordingly 61
  7. Responses to Wh-question challenges 79
  8. Extended responding 105
  9. Accepting remote proposals 125
  10. Interactional uses of acknowledgment tokens 145
  11. Selection principles of other-initiated repair turn formats 167
  12. Referring to persons 189
  13. Out of context 207
  14. Out of context 211
  15. Opening up closings in Russian 231
  16. Particles and epistemics 273
  17. On the practical re-intentionalization of body behavior 299
  18. What a difference forty years make 315
  19. Living with Manny’s dangerous idea 327
  20. Reply to Levinson 351
  21. Subject index 355
  22. Name index 359
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