Lindstrom.etal2017
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| 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 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1075/slsi.30.10lin |
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| Book title | Imperative Turns at Talk: The Design of Directives in Action |
| Chapter | 10 |
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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