FloydRossiEnfield2020

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FloydRossiEnfield2020
BibType COLLECTION
Key FloydRossiEnfield2020
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Title Getting Others to Do Things: A Pragmatic Typology of Recruitments
Editor(s) Simeon Floyd, Giovanni Rossi, N.J. Enfield
Tag(s) EMCA, Recruitment, Pragmatics, Action
Publisher Language Science Press
Year 2020
Language English
City Berlin
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DOI 10.5281/ZENODO.4017493
ISBN 978-3-96110-278-5
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Series Studies in Diversity Linguistics
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Abstract

Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society. Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of interaction in which one person's behaviour solicits or occasions another's assistance or collaboration share common structural properties that provide a basis for the systematic comparison of this domain across languages. The goal of this comparison is to uncover similarities and differences in how language and other conduct are used in carrying out social action around the world, including different kinds of requests, orders, suggestions, and other actions brought together under the rubric of recruitment.

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