Chapter 3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action
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Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm
Abstract
This chapter discusses three different actions speakers can employ to move between two concurrently ongoing activities, playing cards and talking. Specifically, we describe three turn formats that mobilize another participant to perform the next move in a card game: (1) turns including the discourse marker so, (2) imperatives, and (3) second-person declaratives.
So-turns and imperative forms are used to resume a game put on hold, however, imperatives are only used if speakers have already shown an orientation to game resumption. In contrast, second-person declaratives are used in situations when one player is not oriented to the game but others are. In the discussion, we show that turn formats are sensitive to the multimodal context and participation framework of the interaction.
Abstract
This chapter discusses three different actions speakers can employ to move between two concurrently ongoing activities, playing cards and talking. Specifically, we describe three turn formats that mobilize another participant to perform the next move in a card game: (1) turns including the discourse marker so, (2) imperatives, and (3) second-person declaratives.
So-turns and imperative forms are used to resume a game put on hold, however, imperatives are only used if speakers have already shown an orientation to game resumption. In contrast, second-person declaratives are used in situations when one player is not oriented to the game but others are. In the discussion, we show that turn formats are sensitive to the multimodal context and participation framework of the interaction.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Mobilizing others 1
- Chapter 2. Requesting here-and-now actions with two imperative formats in Korean interaction 19
- Chapter 3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action 47
- Chapter 4. Recruitments in French 83
- Chapter 5. Mobilizing student compliance 115
- Chapter 6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class 147
- Chapter 7. Multimodal mechanisms for mobilizing students to give pre-structured responses in French L2 classroom interaction 175
- Chapter 8. Mobilizing others when you have little (recognizable) language 203
- Chapter 9. When emergencies are not urgent 229
- Chapter 10. Doing more than expected 253
- Appendix. Glossary of transcription conventions 279
- Index 283
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Mobilizing others 1
- Chapter 2. Requesting here-and-now actions with two imperative formats in Korean interaction 19
- Chapter 3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action 47
- Chapter 4. Recruitments in French 83
- Chapter 5. Mobilizing student compliance 115
- Chapter 6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class 147
- Chapter 7. Multimodal mechanisms for mobilizing students to give pre-structured responses in French L2 classroom interaction 175
- Chapter 8. Mobilizing others when you have little (recognizable) language 203
- Chapter 9. When emergencies are not urgent 229
- Chapter 10. Doing more than expected 253
- Appendix. Glossary of transcription conventions 279
- Index 283
