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Chapter 14. Turn-initial naja in German

  • Andrea Golato
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Abstract

This paper investigates the German token naja in turn initial position in everyday conversation. The paper makes the argument that naja is produced in situations when speakers are negotiating some form of break with prior utterances in the interaction:1 Prior research has indicated that in second-pair parts, naja prefaces disagreements. The current paper shows that naja is also used in initiating actions that serve to return to a previous sequence that was not brought to completion due to actions by the coparticipant(s) or outsiders of the interaction. In addition, naja is used in third position turns in which speakers are backing down from a previously held position. In initiating actions and third positions, naja serves to indicate the break and simultaneously initiates actions to overcome it. The findings hold both for cases in which subsequent talk is prosodically integrated to naja and the cases in which naja is not prosodically integrated to the subsequent talk.

Abstract

This paper investigates the German token naja in turn initial position in everyday conversation. The paper makes the argument that naja is produced in situations when speakers are negotiating some form of break with prior utterances in the interaction:1 Prior research has indicated that in second-pair parts, naja prefaces disagreements. The current paper shows that naja is also used in initiating actions that serve to return to a previous sequence that was not brought to completion due to actions by the coparticipant(s) or outsiders of the interaction. In addition, naja is used in third position turns in which speakers are backing down from a previously held position. In initiating actions and third positions, naja serves to indicate the break and simultaneously initiates actions to overcome it. The findings hold both for cases in which subsequent talk is prosodically integrated to naja and the cases in which naja is not prosodically integrated to the subsequent talk.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Sequential departures
  6. Chapter 2. Nu -prefaced responses in Russian conversation 25
  7. Chapter 3. Bueno -, pues -, and bueno-pues -prefacing in Spanish conversation 59
  8. Chapter 4. Two types of trouble with questions 97
  9. Chapter 5. Diverging from ‘business as usual’ 119
  10. Chapter 6. Turn-initial particles in English 155
  11. Epistemic and Related Issues
  12. Chapter 7. A -prefaced responses to inquiry in Japanese 193
  13. Chapter 8. Treating something as self-evident 225
  14. Chapter 9. Reformulating prior speaker’s turn in Finnish 251
  15. Chapter 10. Turn design and progression 287
  16. Chapter 11. Making up one’s mind in second position 315
  17. Sequence Management
  18. Chapter 12. Calibrating an agnostic epistemic stance in Swedish conversation 341
  19. Chapter 13. Turn-initial voilà in closings in French 371
  20. Chapter 14. Turn-initial naja in German 413
  21. Chapter 15. Justifying departures from progressivity 445
  22. Appendix 477
  23. Author Index 481
  24. Subject index 485
https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.31.14gol

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Sequential departures
  6. Chapter 2. Nu -prefaced responses in Russian conversation 25
  7. Chapter 3. Bueno -, pues -, and bueno-pues -prefacing in Spanish conversation 59
  8. Chapter 4. Two types of trouble with questions 97
  9. Chapter 5. Diverging from ‘business as usual’ 119
  10. Chapter 6. Turn-initial particles in English 155
  11. Epistemic and Related Issues
  12. Chapter 7. A -prefaced responses to inquiry in Japanese 193
  13. Chapter 8. Treating something as self-evident 225
  14. Chapter 9. Reformulating prior speaker’s turn in Finnish 251
  15. Chapter 10. Turn design and progression 287
  16. Chapter 11. Making up one’s mind in second position 315
  17. Sequence Management
  18. Chapter 12. Calibrating an agnostic epistemic stance in Swedish conversation 341
  19. Chapter 13. Turn-initial voilà in closings in French 371
  20. Chapter 14. Turn-initial naja in German 413
  21. Chapter 15. Justifying departures from progressivity 445
  22. Appendix 477
  23. Author Index 481
  24. Subject index 485
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