Galina B. Bolden
List of John Benjamins publications for which Galina B. Bolden plays a role.
Book series
ISSN 1879-3983
Articles
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
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 | Chapter
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
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 | Chapter
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
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 | Chapter
2003. Multiple modalities in collaborative turn sequences. Gesture 3:2, pp. 187–212
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 | Article