Nishizaka2017b

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Nishizaka2017b
BibType ARTICLE
Key Nishizaka2017b
Author(s) Aug Nishizaka
Title A sentence dispersed within a turn-at-talk: Response-opportunity places as loci for interactional work
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Tag(s) EMCA, Japanese, Response opportunity places, Interactional Linguistics, Grammar
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Year 2017
Language English
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Journal East Asian Pragmatics
Volume 2
Number 2
Pages 229-258
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1558/eap.34561
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to show that there is orderliness in a piece of talk that is extremely complex and, in so doing, to explore the grammatical construction of naturally occurring, and contingently produced, utterances in Japanese interaction. First, I distinguish between unit-completeness and turn-completeness. Second, I introduce the notion of response-opportunity places to indicate those places in which although the ongoing talk is still both unit- and turn-incomplete, responses may be produced. These places are systematically used as loci for initiating solutions to various possible interactional problems, such as problems of hearing and understanding. Third, I examine different practices through which the speaker returns to the incomplete turn-constructional unit. The orderliness of the target talk is the result of the speaker’s systematic use of these places and practices.

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