Publications
Publication details [#7674]
Pomerantz, Anita M. 1984. Pursuing a response. In Atkinson, J. Maxwell and John C. Heritage, eds. Structures of social action: Studies in conversation analysis. Cambridge University Press. pp. 152–163.
Annotation
If a speaker expects a hearer's response or agreement and instead the hearer displays difficulty in responding, three types of remedy-pursuit are possible: clarification, checking out the facts, or taking a different position.