Monzoni2008

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Monzoni2008
BibType ARTICLE
Key Monzoni2008
Author(s) Chiara M. Monzoni
Title Introducing direct complaints through questions: the interactional achievement of pre-sequences
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Tag(s) EMCA, Complaints, Conversation Analysis, Questions, Pre-sequences, Turn Design
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Year 2008
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 10
Number 1
Pages 73–87
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DOI 10.1177/1461445607085591
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Institution
School
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Howpublished
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Abstract

This article considers how two different question designs as positive polar questions and wh-questions occurring in different interactional contexts (institutional calls and ordinary face-to-face interactions) set up a sequence in which a direct complaint is produced in third position as the result of an interactional achievement. Positive polar questions are employed to establish immediately a common ground of understandability between caller and call-taker. Wh-questions are used as challenges and speakers subsequently provide explicit grounds for the challenges in third turns, due to the interpretation of the question given by their recipients.

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