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Publication details [#45771]

Kerekes, Julie A. 2007. The co-construction of a gatekeeping encounter: An inventory of verbal actions. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (11) : 1942–1973.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative efficiency | gatekeeping encounter | job interview | second language acquisition | verbal action

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper discusses how the success or failure of a gatekeeping encounter – employment interviews, in this case – depends upon the efficiency of the interlocutors' co-construction of the case.