Jack Sidnell
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jack Sidnell plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0929-998X | E-ISSN 1569-9765
Title
Talk and Practical Epistemology: The social life of knowledge in a Caribbean community
Jack Sidnell
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 142] 2005. xvi, 255 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Philosophy | Pragmatics | Semantics
Articles
2014 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversation Evidentiality 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
Review article
2012 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversation Evidentiality 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
2011 Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia Variation 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
2009 Sequence The Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 215–239
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2009 Participation The Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 125–156
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2009 Participation Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–37
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2009 Sequence Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–36
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2009 Deixis Key Notions for Pragmatics, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 114–138
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2006 Repair Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–38
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2006 Sequence Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–36
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2005 Deixis Handbook of Pragmatics: 2003–2005 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–32
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2005 Advice in an Indo-Guyanese village and the interactional organization of uncertainty Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles, Mühleisen, Susanne and Bettina Migge (eds.), pp. 145–168
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2002 Habitual and imperfective in Guyanese Creole Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 17:2, pp. 151–189
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
2000 Deixis Handbook of Pragmatics: 1998 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–28
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1998 Collaboration and contestation in a dispute about space in an Indo-Guyanese village Pragmatics 8:3, pp. 315–338
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