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.
John Heritage
List of John Benjamins publications for which John Heritage plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages
Edited by John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 31] 2018. vii, 487 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff
Edited by Geoffrey Raymond, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 273] 2017. vi, 359 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
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
2023 Chapter 11. Renewing a social action in US primary care: One sequential context when actions formatted as polar questions do not require polar answers Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 328–349 | Chapter
We consider a specific polar-interrogative offer by physicians (e.g., Is there something/anything else you’d like to address in the visit today?). We show that in one sequential context this interrogative obligates the production of a yes-/no-type answer, receiving one over 80% of the time.… read more
2020 Gender matters in questioning presidents The Mediated Communication of Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Politics, Smith, Angela and Michael Higgins (eds.), pp. 125–143 | Article
This paper traces the increasing prominence of women in the White House press corps over the latter half of the 20th century, and considers how this trend toward greater gender balance has impacted the questioning of presidents. Modest gender differences are documented in the topical content of… read more
2018 Chapter 6. Turn-initial particles in English: The cases of oh and well Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 155–190 | Chapter
This chapter examines the English turn-initial particles oh and well. It begins with a consideration of their distinctive usages and functions in three basic sequential positions (first, second and third), arguing that both exhibit what Schegloff (1996) terms ‘positional sensitivity’. The chapter… read more
2018 Chapter 1. Introduction: Analyzing turn-initial particles Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Chapter
2017 Schegloff and the founding of a discovering discipline Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter
2017 Particles and epistemics: Convergences and divergences between English and Mandarin Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 273–297 | Chapter
This chapter examines three particles that have epistemic functions in English and Mandarin: turn-initial‘oh’in English, turn-initial‘ou’in Mandarin, and turn-final‘a’in Mandarin. It is argued that whileouandohconverge in registering a ‘change of state’ of information, orientation or awareness,… read more
2014 Benefactors and beneficiaries: Benefactive status and stance in the management of offers and requests Requesting in Social Interaction, Drew, Paul and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 55–86 | Article
The implementation and ascription of ‘first actions’ has until recently been an understudied area within conversation analysis. Recently, exploratory studies in the domains of epistemics and deontics have led to a revival of interest in this problem. This paper addresses the same issue through the… read more
2012 Chapter 8. Advice giving – terminable and interminable: The case of British health visitors Advice in Discourse, Limberg, Holger and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 169–194 | Chapter
Advice giving is a central feature of many forms of professional-client interaction. This paper looks at advice giving on medical and related matters by British community nurses to first-time mothers of new-borns, in the context of visits to the new mothers’ homes. Current evidence from survey… read more
2003 1. Presenting Emanuel A. Schegloff Discussing Conversation Analysis: The work of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Prevignano, Carlo L. and Paul J. Thibault (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter