Stivers2004

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Stivers2004
BibType ARTICLE
Key Stivers2004
Author(s) Tanya Stivers
Title “No no no” and other types of multiple sayings in social interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, Multiple activities, Courses of action
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Year 2004
Language English
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Journal Human Communication Research
Volume 30
Number 2
Pages 260–293
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DOI 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2004.tb00733.x
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Abstract

Relying on the methodology of conversation analysis, this article examines a practice in ordinary conversation characterized by the resaying of a word, phrase, or sentence. The article shows that multiple sayings such as “No no no” or “Alright alright alright” are systematic in both their positioning relative to the interlocutor’s talk and in their function. Specifically, the findings are that multiple sayings are a resource speakers have to display that their turn is addressing an in progress course of action rather than only the just prior utterance. Speakers of multiple sayings communicate their stance that the prior speaker has persisted unnecessarily in the prior course of action and should properly halt course of action.

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