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Publication details [#58609]

Robinson, Jeffrey D. 2014. What “What?” Tells Us About How Conversationalists Manage Intersubjectivity. Research on Language and Social Interaction 47 (2) : 109–129.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This conversation-analytic study discusses how interactants handle intersubjectivity (cfr. mutual understanding) troubles in repair-chance spaces, via an analysis of multi-action /TCU turns in general, and particularly when recipients start repair on such turns with: “What?” Data are drawn from spontaneous American and British English telephone conversations among friends and family members.