Intersubjectivity in Action
Studies in language and social interaction
Editors
Jan Lindström | University of HelsinkiRitva Laury | University of HelsinkiAnssi Peräkylä | University of HelsinkiMarja-Leena Sorjonen | University of Helsinki
Intersubjectivity is a precondition for human life – for social organization as well as for individual development and well-being. Through empirical examination of social interactions in everyday and institutional settings, the authors in this volume explore the achievement and maintenance of intersubjectivity. The contributions show how language codes and creates intersubjectivity, how interactants move towards shared understanding in interaction, how intersubjectivity is central to phenomena and experiences often considered merely individual, and how intersubjectivity evolves through learning. While the core methodology of the studies is Conversation Analysis, the volume highlights the advantages of using several methods to tackle intersubjectivity.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 326] 2021. vi, 437 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Intersubjectivity in action: An introductionMarja-Leena Sorjonen, Anssi Peräkylä, Ritva Laury and Jan Lindström | pp. 1–22
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Part I. How language codes and creates intersubjectivity
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Organizing the “we” in interactionMarja Etelämäki | pp. 25–15
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Definitely indefinite: Negotiating intersubjective common ground in everyday interaction in FinnishRitva Laury | pp. 41–20
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Directive turn design and intersubjectivityElizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Marja Etelämäki and Marja-Leena Sorjonen | pp. 61–20
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On agency and affiliation in second assessments: German and Swedish opinion verbs in talk-in-interactionPeter Auer and Jan Lindström | pp. 81–27
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Mirror-like address practice in Arabic-medium classroom interaction: Managing social relations and intersubjectivityIrina Piippo | pp. 109–26
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Brokering co-participants’ volition in request and offer sequencesKatariina Harjunpää | pp. 135–25
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Part II. Moving towards shared understanding
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Decision-making in salesperson–customer interaction: Establishing a common ground for obtaining commitmentJarkko Niemi, Ellen Pullins and Timo Kaski | pp. 163–19
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Building an intersubjective understanding of the patient’s mental sufferingElina Weiste | pp. 183–17
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Shared understandings of the human–nature relationship in encounters with small wildlifeMirka Rauniomaa, Tiina Keisanen and Pauliina Siitonen | pp. 201–30
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Extending sequences of other-initiated repair in Finnish conversationMarkku Haakana, Salla Kurhila, Niina Lilja and Marjo Savijärvi | pp. 231–19
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Co-presence during lapses: On “comfortable silences” in Finnish everyday interactionAnna Vatanen | pp. 251–26
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Part III. Bodies and intersubjectivity
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Achieving the intersubjectivity of sensorial practices: Body, language, and the senses in tasting activitiesLorenza Mondada | pp. 279–24
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Emotion, psychophysiology, and intersubjectivityAnssi Peräkylä, Liisa Voutilainen, Melisa Stevanovic, Pentti Henttonen, Mikko Kahri, Maari Kivioja, Emmi Koskinen, Mikko Sams and Niklas Ravaja | pp. 303–25
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Movement synchrony as a topic of empirical social interaction researchMelisa Stevanovic and Tommi Himberg | pp. 329–18
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Part IV. Evolving intersubjectivity
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Learning to request in interaction: Intersubjective development of children’s requesting between one and five yearsMinna Laakso | pp. 349–23
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How an improvised scene emerges in theatre rehearsal: Constructing coherence by recyclingMarjo Savijärvi and Laura Ihalainen | pp. 373–23
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Interactional reciprocity in human–dog interactionMika Simonen and Hannes Lohi | pp. 397–32
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Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols | p. 429
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Index | p. 435
Subjects & Metadata
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009030 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics