Andrew John Merrison
List of John Benjamins publications for which Andrew John Merrison plays a role.
Articles
2019 Modulating troubles affiliating in initial interactions: The role of remedial accounts Pragmatics 29:3, pp. 384–409 | Article
Much of the research on affiliation to date has focused on how people do (dis)affiliation. This paper explores the remedial work that follows instances of disaffiliation between interactants who are getting acquainted. Building on an interactional pragmatics analytical approach informed by… read more
2016 Doing ‘understanding’ in dialogue interpreting: Advancing theory and method Interpreting 18:2, pp. 137–171 | Article
This paper asks what ‘understanding’ looks like in the presence of an interpreter. Much investigation of understanding in Interpreting Studies explores claims which treat it as axiomatic, rather than exploring the occurrence of comprehension itself (how participants come to accept that it is… read more
2011 Review of Sun & Kádár (2008): It’s the Dragon’ Turn: Chinese Institutional Discourses Institutional Politeness in (South) East Asia, Bargiela, Francesca and Dániel Z. Kádár (eds.), pp. 108–113 | Review