Selting1998
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Selting1998 |
| Author(s) | Margret Selting |
| Title | TCUs and TRPs: The Construction of Units in Conversational Talk* |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, IL, Turn Construction, Units |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Journal | InLiSt - Interaction and Linguistic Structures |
| Volume | 4 |
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| Howpublished | Online PDF |
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Abstract
The basic unit of talk as suggested by conversation analysis, the so-called 'turn-constructional unit', has been the focus of much research interest. Although the notion of the 'turn-constructional unit' as introduced by Sacks/ Schegloff/ Jefferson (1974) is now widely accepted, it has become apparent that the details involved in the interpretation of this unit are far from clear. As it seems, 'turn-constructional unit' (TCU) is still very much an intuitive and holistic notion which awaits deconstruction (or decomposition) and reconstruction of the possible constructional components and the constitutive practices or signalling resources that participants deploy in order to make "TCUs" interpretable. (...)
In this paper, I want to first show in detail that the notion of the TCU needs clarification, and why, and then suggest some solutions. In my view, we need to separate TCUs and TRPs more clearly, i.e. distinguish between TCUs that do not and that do end in TRPs. As a consequence, we need to clarify the relation between different kinds of units: under what conditions are what kinds of units TCUs and under what conditions do TCUs end or not end in TRPs?
Notes
Selting, Margret (2000). The construction of units in conversational talk. Language in Society 29, 477-517.
