Jack Sidnell

List of John Benjamins publications for which Jack Sidnell plays a role.

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Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Philosophy | Pragmatics | Semantics

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Sidnell, Jack 2014 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversationEvidentiality in Interaction, Nuckolls, Janis B. and Lev Michael (eds.), pp. 127–153
This essay reviews current work in conversation analysis with an eye to what it might contribute to the study of evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry. After a brief review of some aspects of the interactional organization of conversation, I turn to consider the way in which participants negotiate… read more | Article
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Sidnell, Jack 2012 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversationEvidentiality in Interaction, Nuckolls, Janis B. and Lev Michael (eds.), pp. 294–320
This essay reviews current work in conversation analysis with an eye to what it might contribute to the study of evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry. After a brief review of some aspects of the interactional organization of conversation, I turn to consider the way in which participants negotiate… read more | Article
Walker, James A. and Jack Sidnell 2011 Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in BequiaVariation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency, Hinrichs, Lars and Joseph T. Farquharson (eds.), pp. 39–56
The robust linguistic variation observed on the island of Bequia (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) raises the question of whether there is a single variable linguistic system or multiple systems. We examine the distribution and conditioning of variable negation (na, ain’t or not/-n’t) in three… read more | Article
Sidnell, Jack 2009 SequenceThe Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 215–239
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Sidnell, Jack 2009 ParticipationThe Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 125–156
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Sidnell, Jack 2009 ParticipationHandbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–37
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Sidnell, Jack 2009 SequenceHandbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–36
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Sidnell, Jack 2009 DeixisKey Notions for Pragmatics, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 114–138
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Sidnell, Jack 2006 RepairHandbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–38
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Sidnell, Jack 2006 SequenceHandbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–36
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Sidnell, Jack 2005 DeixisHandbook of Pragmatics: 2003–2005 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–32
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Sidnell, Jack 2005 Advice in an Indo-Guyanese village and the interactional organization of uncertaintyPoliteness and Face in Caribbean Creoles, Mühleisen, Susanne and Bettina Migge (eds.), pp. 145–168
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This paper describes variation in the grammar of aspect in Guyanese Creole. In particular, the various grammaticalized strategies for conveying ha-bituality, progressivity and imperfectivity are discussed. The paper contributes to an ongoing debate regarding the function of various preverbal… read more | Article
Sidnell, Jack 2000 DeixisHandbook of Pragmatics: 1998 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–28
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