Persson2020

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Persson2020
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Key Persson2020
Author(s) Rasmus Persson
Title Prosody and grammar of other-repetitions in French: The interplay of position and composition
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Tag(s) EMCA, Repair initiation, Surprise, intonation, epistemics, agency
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Year 2020
Language English
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 49
Number 4
Pages 585-618
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404520000068
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This study contributes to the body of cross-linguistic research on repetition, repair, and action-formation more generally. Using conversation-analytic and interactional-linguistic methods to analyse both position and composition in the formation of actions accomplished by other-repetitions in French, the study underscores the interplay between linguistic design, sequential organisation, and territories of knowledge and accountability in interaction. The actions conveyed by other-repetitions, and the responses made relevant, are affected by both (i) the design of the repetition turn itself—involving various features of prosody (e.g. intonation contour type and pitch span), grammar, and lexis—and (ii) the sequential location of the repetition, including the particulars of the talk that gets repeated and the relevancies set up by that previous talk. The study concludes with a discussion of its significance for research on action-formation as well as for research on the pragmatics of intonation.

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