DeSouza2021

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DeSouza2021
BibType ARTICLE
Key DeSouza2021
Author(s) Darcey K. deSouza, Song Hee Park, Wan Wei, Kaicheng Zhan, Galina B. Bolden, Alexa Hepburn, Jenny Mandelbaum, Lisa Mikesell, Jonathan Potter
Title The Gratitude Opportunity Space: The timing of gratitude expressions in object passes
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Tag(s) EMCA, Gratitude, Recruitment, Politeness, Conversation Analysis
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Year 2021
Language English
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Journal Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality
Volume 4
Number 1
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DOI 10.7146/si.v4i1.122437
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Abstract

This paper examines the situated use of expressions of gratitude and demonstrates how their precise timing matters for coordinating actions and managing relationships in social interaction. Focusing on activities that involve object passing, we introduce the concept of the gratitude opportunity space, a standard time for expressing gratitude. We explicate three discernable phases within the gratitude opportunity space for simple recruitment sequences involving an object pass (pre-delivery, on-delivery, and post-delivery positions) and explore how the gratitude opportunity space is dynamically recalibrated according to the activity underway in other activities that involve object passes (i.e., remote offers of objects and gift giving). Data are American and British English.

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