Anita Pomerantz
List of John Benjamins publications for which Anita Pomerantz plays a role.
2018 Bounded segments of interaction: The case of redressing the breach of a cultural norm once it is flagged From Pragmatics to Dialogue, Weigand, Edda and István Kecskés (eds.), pp. 113–136 | Chapter
This study examines naturally occurring instances of “bounded segments” of interaction. A bounded segment has a start point when interacting persons launch a task or activity, and a completion point when they reach closure. The importance of bounded segments from a dialogical perspective is that… read more
2017 Inferring the purpose of a prior query and responding accordingly Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 61–77 | Chapter
The paper analyzes how recipients infer the purpose of a prior query. While such inferences are not directly observable, analyzing responses to queries sheds light on ways in which recipients likely understood them. The paper identifies three types of sequences in which recipients respond to the… read more
2013 Conflict in the Jury Room: Averting acrimony and engendering it Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 1:2, pp. 141–164 | Article
A number of studies have shown how participants work to accomplish their goals in ways that minimize the possibility of acrimonious conflict. And yet acrimonious conflict does occur. This raises the issue of what circumstances and discursive moves engender acrimonious interactions and what… read more
2004 Investigating reported absences: 'Neutrally' catching the truants Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation, Lerner, Gene H. (ed.), pp. 109–129 | Article