Lindstrom.etal2017

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Lindstrom.etal2017
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Lindstrom.etal2017
Author(s) Jan Lindstr\om, Camilla Lindholm, Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jenny Nilsson
Title Imperatives in Swedish medical consultations
Editor(s) Liisa Raevaara Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
Tag(s) EMCA, Finland Swedish, Swedish, diagnostic activity, discourse particles, interactional linguistics, medical consultations, modulated imperative turns, non-modulated imperative turns, pluricentric languages, routine actions, series of actions, Medical EMCA
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2017
Language English
City Amsterdam
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Pages 299–324
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DOI 10.1075/slsi.30.10lin
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Howpublished
Book title Imperative Turns at Talk: The Design of Directives in Action
Chapter 10

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the use of imperative-formatted directives in Swedish medical consultations. The specific focus of the chapter is the division of labor between straight, non-modulated imperative turns and imperative turns which are modulated with a discourse particle or some other verbal mitigating device. The results show that non-modulated imperative turns are embedded in diagnostic work, nominating subsequent actions in a series. Orientations to projected trajectories of action and the other participant's expectations are clearly present when modulated imperative turns are produced; they are also frequent in the opening and closing routines of the consultations. Thus, there is a link between routinized and projectable actions and the use of imperatives with a pragmatic modulating element.

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