Request Sequences : The intersection of grammar, interaction and social context.
Title:
Request Sequences : The intersection of grammar, interaction and social context.
Author:
Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen.
ISBN:
9789027293619
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages)
Contents:
Request Sequences -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Preliminaries -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The study of requests in their sequential context -- 1.3. Preference organization and its relevance to social solidarity -- 1.4. The interpenetration of grammar and social interaction -- 1.5. Overview of the book -- Notes -- 2. Overview of the methodology and corpus -- 2.1. Previous studies on requests in German -- 2.3. Requests in German as prescribed in reference and learner grammar textbooks -- 2.4. Description of the corpus -- Notes -- 3. Pre-request and request sequences: Their design, interactional relationship and sequential placement -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Pre-request sequences -- 3.3. Request turn designs in relation to their pre-requests and their subsequent talk -- 3.4. Discussion -- Notes -- 4. Accounts in request turns: Their placement and interactional function -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Accounts in everyday conversation -- 4.3. Accounts in German request sequences -- 4.4. Accounts for requests: Their grammatical structure -- 4.5. Accounts for request turns marked by the coordinating conjunction "denn" 'because' -- 4.6. Accounts provided for requests without being prefaced by a conjunction -- 4.7. Discussion -- Notes -- 5. Initiating request sequences: The design of request sequence turn beginnings -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. On the sequential organization of topical talk -- 5.3. Projectability of actions -- 5.4. The sequential context in which requests occur: Steps speakers take to initiate their new activity of requesting -- 5.5. Discussion -- Notes -- 6. Conclusion -- 6.1. Summary of the main findings -- 6.2. Implications -- 6.3. Avenues for future research -- References -- Appendix -- Name index -- Subject index.
The series Studies in Discourse and Grammar.
Abstract:
This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of instances of requests in everyday German conversation. Using the framework of CA, the study systematically analyzes the grammatical and syntactical structure of the request-turn and its response and of the conversational exchanges before and within the request base sequence, and the placement of the request sequence within the larger social interaction. Through an empirical analysis of individual cases of request sequences in German, the monograph describes in detail: (a) how speakers employ grammar and syntax as resources to construct turns at talk and accomplish the social action of request; (b) how speakers use grammatical and syntactical forms of the language to coordinate the production of the social action of requests; (c) how speakers use grammar and syntax as interactional resources to manage affiliative and remedial work (i.e., face work) when performing delicate social actions such as requests; and (d) how the context of the request activity impacts the grammatical and syntactical constructions of speakers' utterances. Additionally, the monograph demonstrates that both the grammatical construction of turns and their placement within the talk are oriented to the sequential context of the interaction.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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