Galina B. Bolden
List of John Benjamins publications for which Galina B. Bolden plays a role.
Book series
ISSN 1879-3983
Title
Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts
Edited by Galina B. Bolden, John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 35] 2023. vii, 383 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2023 Chapter 2. Repetitional responses to polar questions in Russian conversation Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 40–75 | Chapter
This chapter examines repetitional responses to polar questions that implement requests for confirmation, information, or assistance in Russian conversation, contrasting them with particle responses, such as da (‘yes’) and net (‘no’). The analysis will show that Russian repetitional responses… read more
2023 Chapter 1. Introduction: Polar questions and their responses Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 1–39 | Chapter
Question–answer sequences are arguably among the most basic building blocks for sequences of action in interaction and are ubiquitous among the languages of the world. This chapter reviews and synthesizes current interactional research on polar questions and answers across languages in order to… read more
2018 Chapter 2. Nu-prefaced responses in Russian conversation Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 23–58 | Chapter
This chapter examines the Russian particle nu, focusing on its use in responses to polar and question-word questions. I show that nu prefaces responses that are, in some way, misaligned vis-à-vis the initiating action. First, nu may preface non-type-conforming responses, i.e., responses that… read more
2017 Chapter 6. Requests for here-and-now actions in Russian conversation Imperative Turns at Talk: The design of directives in action, Sorjonen, Marja-Leena, Liisa Raevaara and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 175–211 | Chapter
This chapter examines interactional dimensions of requests for material objects and other immediate practical actions in Russian conversation, focusing on the most common form these requests take – imperative verb constructions. Even though the Russian language has a rich variety of constructions… read more
2017 Opening up closings in Russian Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 231–271 | Chapter
Taking its inspiration in “Opening Up Closings” bySchegloff and Sacks (1973), the chapter investigates how the activity of closing a conversation is initiated in Russian telephone conversations. Two distinct practices for initiating closings – tacit and explicit closings initiations – are examined,… read more
2003 Multiple modalities in collaborative turn sequences Gesture 3:2, pp. 187–212 | Article
The article investigates resources used by parties in interaction to successfully complete each others’ utterances. Among the different ways in which recipients can demonstrate their understanding, collaborative completions are the most convincing since they display not only recipients’… read more