Grammar and interaction Flashcards
What is a multi-unit turn?
A turn is usually made of one sentence. (more than one word)
What is the role and importance of idioms?
Idioms prompt agreement. They act as sequence closers.
They’re used as ‘truisms’
What is social solidarity?
the perfect end to a conversation, is to end on an agreement or an affiliation
What is the importance of grammatical forms?
They may be positioned not only with respect to sentence structure but with respect to turn and sequence structure
What does the lexical item “anyway” suggest?
An object that has a different force according to its position in a sentence. Switch subject at beginning or refer back to a point at the end
What is the importance of “oh”?
Marks a shift in epistemic knowledge. Shows a shift in information known… Nice jewish boy? Oh of course!
What does “actually” suggest?
CHANGE OF STATE
turn-initial = new TCU. largely self-directed, change in cognitive state. Like “oh. Topic shift
Turn-final = informing, often negative.
Schegloof 1989 quote
“Transparently, the natural home environment of clauses and sentences is turns-at-talk. Must we not understand the structures of grammar to be in important respects adaptations to the turn-at-talk in a conversational turn-taking system with its interactional contingencies?
