Imperative Turns at Talk: The design of directives in action
Edited by Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Liisa Raevaara and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 30] 2017. vi, 435 pp.
Liisa Raevaara
List of John Benjamins publications for which Liisa Raevaara plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax
Articles
2017 Chapter 13. Adjusting the design of directives to the activity environment: Imperatives in Finnish cooking club interaction Imperative Turns at Talk: The design of directives in action, Sorjonen, Marja-Leena, Liisa Raevaara and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 381–410 | Chapter
This chapter examines the design of directives in Finnish conversation in the specific institutional setting of cooking club meetings held in a youth club. During these meetings, children bake pastries and a teacher supervises them, organising activities and giving the children instructions and… read more
2017 Chapter 1. Imperative turns at talk: An introduction Imperative Turns at Talk: The design of directives in action, Sorjonen, Marja-Leena, Liisa Raevaara and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Chapter
2014 On the grammatical form of requests at the convenience store: Requesting as embodied action Requesting in Social Interaction, Drew, Paul and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 243–268 | Article
This article discusses the interplay between verbal and embodied resources when requesting a product at the convenience store. We concentrate on requests for tobacco products, which are not directly accessible to the customers but have to be requested from the seller. We will explore a choice… read more