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Turk2004
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Author(s) Monica J. Turk
Title Using 'and' in conversational interaction
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Year 2004
Language English
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Journal Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume 37
Number 2
Pages 219–261
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DOI 10.1207/s15327973rlsi3702_5
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Abstract

In this article, I examine some features of the word and as used in conversational interaction. Beginning from the perspective of traditional linguistics, I describe how previous attempts to describe grammatical and semantic features of and as a coordinating conjunction do not explain many occurrences in conversation. Discourse-based analyses of and, particularly those that focus on conversational actions that employ and, have been more successful. In this article, I demonstrate that and is frequently used as a device to smooth over certain discontinuities in the discourse that may arise from interactional disjunctures as well as grammatical ones.

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