Producing and Managing Restricted Activities: Avoidance and withholding in institutional interaction
Edited by Fabienne H.G. Chevalier and John Moore
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 255] 2015. vi, 382 pp.
John Moore
List of John Benjamins publications for which John Moore plays a role.
Title
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2023 Discourse markers in Spanish in the Tijuana-San Diego border area Spanish in Context 20:3, pp. 464–489 | Article
This study examines the use of discourse markers among speakers of Spanish residing in Tijuana, Mexican immigrants in San Diego, and heritage Spanish speakers in San Diego. We find a core set of discourse markers that is common to all speakers, as well as subsets of discourse markers for… read more
2015 Producing and managing restricted activities: An introduction to avoidance and withholding in institutional interaction Producing and Managing Restricted Activities: Avoidance and withholding in institutional interaction, Chevalier, Fabienne H.G. and John Moore (eds.), pp. 1–43 | Article
2015 Assessments, interrogatives and semi-scripted talk in managing a restriction on advising Producing and Managing Restricted Activities: Avoidance and withholding in institutional interaction, Chevalier, Fabienne H.G. and John Moore (eds.), pp. 45–81 | Article
This chapter examines the ways in which call takers on a mental health information line manage a particular interactional task in a restricted environment. Call takers the line are not allowed to provide advice to callers, and their main remit is to provide information so that callers are empowered… read more