Urbanik2021

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Urbanik2021
BibType ARTICLE
Key Urbanik2021
Author(s) Paweł Urbanik
Title Directives in the construction site: Grammatical design and work phases in second language interactions with crane operators
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Tag(s) EMCA, Interactional Linguistics, Directives, Construction site, L2 Norwegian, Conversation analysis, Overall structural organization, Grammatical design
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Year 2021
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Journal Journal of Pragmatics
Volume 178
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Pages 43-67
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.02.016
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Abstract

The paper investigates directives addressed to tower crane operators by a construction worker. By examining grammatical variation in connection with load relocation tasks, the study shows how the design and the sequential positioning of directive turns vary systematically according to a particular phase of the work task and the overall structural organization of the activity. The worker's selection of lexico-syntactic forms and embodied actions displays an orientation to the different stages of the work task being carried out. The sequential, compositional and morpho-syntactic differences in the formation of directives serve to manage and display task progressivity. The worker speaks L2 Norwegian with several unidiomatic features, but nonetheless displays a systematic differentiation between the forms in orienting to the sequential and phase-structural characteristics of the actions being performed.

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