Chapter 3
OKAY in responding and claiming understanding
OKAY originates from English, but it is
increasingly used across languages. This chapter presents data from
13 languages, illustrating the spectrum of possible uses of OKAY in
responding and claiming understanding in contexts of informings.
Drawing on a wide range of interaction types from both informal and
institutional contexts, including those crucially involving embodied
practices, we show how OKAY can be used to (i) claim sufficient
understanding, (ii) mark understanding of the prior informing as
preliminary or not complete, and (iii) index discrepancy of
expectation.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.OKAY claims (sufficient) understanding
- 3.OKAY marks understanding of prior informing as preliminary or not
complete
- 4.OKAY marks discrepancy of expectation
- 5.Summary and conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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Lee, Yeji & Jakub Mlynář
2023.
“For Example” Formulations and the Interactional Work of Exemplification.
Human Studies 46:3
► pp. 607 ff.
Piccoli, Vanessa & Rosa Pugliese
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