Barske2009

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Barske2009
BibType ARTICLE
Key Barske2009
Author(s) Tobias Barske
Title Same token, different actions: A conversation analytic study of social roles, embodied actions and ok in German business meetings
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, German, Business Communication, Meetings, Ok, Embodied interaction, Social Roles
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Year 2009
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Journal Journal of Business Communication
Volume 46
Number 1
Pages 120–149
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DOI 10.1177/0021943608325748
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Abstract

Using a conversation analytic approach, this article presents a systematic analysis of the interactional use of the particle ok in the institutional setting of German business meetings. Through an examination of talk-in-interaction with a thorough description of relevant embodied actions, the author analyzes how meeting participants co-construct social roles by employing different uses of free-standing ok. More specifically, the author focuses on two different uses of free-standing ok in business meetings: ok with averted eye gaze and ok with maintained eye gaze. The author addresses the question of how the chairperson uses free-standing ok to accomplish different actions and to perform “doing-being-facilitator.” By describing where the chairperson looks while producing ok, I also discuss how the chair manages both the coordination of face-to-face interaction and the practical task of facilitating the progress of a meeting.

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