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Publication details [#31882]

Goldberg, Julia A. 1990. Interrupting the discourse on interruptions. An analysis in terms of relationally neutral, power- and rapport-oriented acts. Journal of Pragmatics 14 (6) : 883–903.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | interruption | power

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper on the social and relational significance of interruptions in conversational behavior tries to differentiate between power and non-power interruptions. It offers a way to assess the 'meaning' of each interruption either as a display of relational power either as a non-relational display of `neutrality'.