Chapter 1. Imperative turns at talk

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Imperative turns at talk 1
4. Part 1. Structure and use of imperative turns
5. Chapter 2. A cline of visible commitment in the situated design of imperative turns 27
6. Chapter 3. Precision timing and timed embeddedness of imperatives in embodied courses of action 65
7. Chapter 4. Secondary and deviant uses of the imperative for requesting in Italian 103
8. Chapter 5. Three imperative action formats in Danish talk-in-interaction 139
9. Chapter 6. Requests for here-and-now actions in Russian conversation 175
10. Part 2. Sequences with imperative turns
11. Chapter 7. In the face of resistance 215
12. Chapter 8. Imperatives and responsiveness in Finnish conversation 241
13. Chapter 9. Negotiating deontic rights in second position 271
14. Part 3. Sequences with imperative turns in asymmetric situations
15. Chapter 10. Imperatives in Swedish medical consultations 299
16. Chapter 11. Assigning roles and responsibilities 325
17. Chapter 12. Managing compliance in violin instruction 357
18. Chapter 13. Adjusting the design of directives to the activity environment 381
19. Chapter 14. Epilogue 411
20. Appendix. Transcription conventions 425
21. Name index 429
22. Subject index 433