Simple answers to polar questions

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introducing Interactional Linguistics 1
5. Part I. Language structure in interaction
6. Emerging syntax for interaction 25
7. At the intersection of turn and sequence 51
8. The implementation of possible cognitive shifts in Japanese conversation 81
9. On causal clause combining 111
10. Dutch ‘but’ as a sequential conjunction 141
11. On some uses of the discourse particle ‘kyl(lä)’ in Finnish conversation 171
12. Interactional Linguistics and language development 199
13. Part II. Interactional order and linguistic practice
14. Fragments of units as deviant cases of unit production in conversational talk 229
15. Notes on turn-construction methods in Danish and Turkish conversation 259
16. An exploration of prosody and turn projection in English conversation 287
17. Postposition-initiated utterances in Japanese conversation 317
18. Confirming intersubjectivity through retroactive elaboration 345
19. Some arguments for the relevance of syntax to same-sentence self-repair in everyday German conversation 373
20. Simple answers to polar questions 405
21. List of contributors 433
22. Index 435