
Agreeing And Disagreeing With Assessments: Some Features Of Preferred/dispreferred Turn Shapes -- Commentary -- Compliment Responses: Notes On The Co-operation Of Multiple Constraints -- Commentary -- Offering A Candidate Answer: And Information Seeking Strategy -- Commentary -- Telling My Side: Limited Access As A Fishing Device -- Commentary -- Attributions Of Responsibility: Blamings -- Commentary -- Investigating Reported Absences: Neutrally Catching The Truants -- Commentary -- Extreme Case Formulations: A Way Of Legitimizing Claims -- Commentary -- Giving A Source Or Basis: The Practice In Conversation Of Telling How I Know -- Commentary -- Inferring The Purpose Of A Prior Query And Responding Accordingly -- Commentary. Anita Pomerantz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.
This work investigates the underlying structural mechanisms and social practices that govern how individuals ask questions and provide information during everyday conversation. Anita Pomerantz, a foundational figure in the field of conversation analysis, utilizes empirical data from recorded social interactions to demonstrate how participants manage turn-taking, assessments, and the negotiation of knowledge. The text argues that conversational moves are not random but are instead guided by specific, observable strategies that facilitate social cooperation and claim legitimacy.
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Experts recognize this collection as a seminal text in the field of conversation analysis, frequently cited for its rigorous empirical approach to social interaction. Readers often note the technical density of the prose, which is intended for scholars and students of sociology and linguistics.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190927453
ISBN-13:
9780190927455
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