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Stivers2016
BibType ARTICLE
Key Stivers2016
Author(s) Tanya Stivers, Jack Sidnell
Title Proposals for activity collaboration
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Tag(s) EMCA, Proposals, Joint Activity, Activity modification, Children's play, DeviantCase Analysis
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Year 2016
Language English
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Journal Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume 49
Number 2
Pages 148–166
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DOI 10.1080/08351813.2016.1164409
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Howpublished
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Abstract

This article examines two common ways that speakers propose a new joint activity—“Let’s X” and “How about X”—in an examination of video recordings of children playing. Whereas Let’s constructions treat the proposed activity as disjunctive with the prior, How about constructions treat the proposed activity as modifying the ongoing activity. We rely on distributional as well as turn-design evidence including phonetic and bodily resources of turn design. We also analyze deviant cases where we argue that speakers are working to either increase or decrease the distance between the new activity and the prior activity. Data are in Canadian English.

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