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Publication details [#44071]

Robinson, Jeffrey D. and Tanya Stivers. 2006. A preference for progressivity in interaction. Language in Society 35 (3) : 367–392.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press

Annotation

This paper examines two types of interactional preference organization, showing a clear preference for interactional progressivity: in response to a question choosing a next speaker in multi-party conversation, the preference for answers over non-answers as response category; and the preference to respond for selected next speakers.