Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities
Edited by Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Emma Betz and Peter Golato
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 33] 2020. vi, 285 pp.
Peter Golato
List of John Benjamins publications for which Peter Golato plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax
Articles
2020 Chapter 1. Mobilizing others: An introduction Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities, Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen, Emma Betz and Peter Golato (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
“Mobilizing others” takes a holistic perspective on the practices that we use to get others to act with, and for, us. This introduction reviews recent conceptual developments, notably ‘recruitment’ (Section 1), and then opens up new territory by arguing for a more explicit focus on ‘activity’ in… read more
2020 Chapter 4. Recruitments in French: Declarative statements and accompanying actions which result in offers of assistance Mobilizing Others: Grammar and lexis within larger activities, Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen, Emma Betz and Peter Golato (eds.), pp. 83–114 | Chapter
This chapter analyzes first-person singular declarative statements and their accompanying actions in French cooking shows. These ‘what I’m doing’ action combinations (Frick 2017) include lexical verbs having to do with object seizing/manipulation and ambulatory movement in either the futur proche… read more