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|Tag(s)=EMCA; voilà; French in interaction; responsibility; epistemic authority; sequence closing; competition; resistance; multimodality; disalignment
 
|Tag(s)=EMCA; voilà; French in interaction; responsibility; epistemic authority; sequence closing; competition; resistance; multimodality; disalignment
 
|Key=Mondada2018g
 
|Key=Mondada2018g
|Publisher=John Benjamins Publishing
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|Publisher=John Benjamins
 
|Year=2018
 
|Year=2018
 
|Language=English
 
|Language=English
 
|Chapter=12
 
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|Address=Amsterdam / Philadelphia
 
|Address=Amsterdam / Philadelphia
|Booktitle=Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages
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|Booktitle=Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-Initial Particles Across Languages
 
|Pages=371–412
 
|Pages=371–412
 
|URL=https://benjamins.com/catalog/slsi.31.13mon
 
|URL=https://benjamins.com/catalog/slsi.31.13mon
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.31.13mon
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|DOI=10.1075/slsi.31.13mon
 
|Abstract=French has several ways of responding positively to a previous turn, such as oui, ouais, d’accord, tout à fait, exactement, bien sûr, voilà, etc. This chapter deals with voilà, offering a general overview of its uses in interaction before focusing on voilà in turn-initial position in closing environments. Analyses reveal that voilà is not equally used by all of the participants in social interaction, but rather by speakers whom the co-participants recognize as experts and/or responsible for the on-going activity. Stand-alone voilà achieves sequence closing in unproblematic ways and retrospectively asserts the speaker’s epistemic, organizational and moral authority over the sequence. By contrast, turn-initial voilà often occurs in a context where the co-participants disalign with the projected closing. The use of voilà addresses a possible emerging competition by further expanding the on-going action and thereby controlling possible next sequential slots. In these competitive contexts, stand-alone voilà and turn-initial voilà are used by speakers to re-affirm their authority over the sequence. Turn-initial voilà followed by a new turn constructional unit (TCU) orients to the possible progressivity of the activity, whereas turn-initial voilà with a continuation within the same TCU expands the on-going sequence and creates new opportunities for the co-participants to realign with it.
 
|Abstract=French has several ways of responding positively to a previous turn, such as oui, ouais, d’accord, tout à fait, exactement, bien sûr, voilà, etc. This chapter deals with voilà, offering a general overview of its uses in interaction before focusing on voilà in turn-initial position in closing environments. Analyses reveal that voilà is not equally used by all of the participants in social interaction, but rather by speakers whom the co-participants recognize as experts and/or responsible for the on-going activity. Stand-alone voilà achieves sequence closing in unproblematic ways and retrospectively asserts the speaker’s epistemic, organizational and moral authority over the sequence. By contrast, turn-initial voilà often occurs in a context where the co-participants disalign with the projected closing. The use of voilà addresses a possible emerging competition by further expanding the on-going action and thereby controlling possible next sequential slots. In these competitive contexts, stand-alone voilà and turn-initial voilà are used by speakers to re-affirm their authority over the sequence. Turn-initial voilà followed by a new turn constructional unit (TCU) orients to the possible progressivity of the activity, whereas turn-initial voilà with a continuation within the same TCU expands the on-going sequence and creates new opportunities for the co-participants to realign with it.
 
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Mondada2018g
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Mondada2018g
Author(s) Lorenza Mondada
Title Turn-initial voilà in closings in French: Reaffirming authority and responsibility over the sequence
Editor(s) John Heritage, Marja-Leena Sorjonen
Tag(s) EMCA, voilà, French in interaction, responsibility, epistemic authority, sequence closing, competition, resistance, multimodality, disalignment
Publisher John Benjamins
Year 2018
Language English
City Amsterdam / Philadelphia
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 371–412
URL Link
DOI 10.1075/slsi.31.13mon
ISBN
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Institution
School
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Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-Initial Particles Across Languages
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Abstract

French has several ways of responding positively to a previous turn, such as oui, ouais, d’accord, tout à fait, exactement, bien sûr, voilà, etc. This chapter deals with voilà, offering a general overview of its uses in interaction before focusing on voilà in turn-initial position in closing environments. Analyses reveal that voilà is not equally used by all of the participants in social interaction, but rather by speakers whom the co-participants recognize as experts and/or responsible for the on-going activity. Stand-alone voilà achieves sequence closing in unproblematic ways and retrospectively asserts the speaker’s epistemic, organizational and moral authority over the sequence. By contrast, turn-initial voilà often occurs in a context where the co-participants disalign with the projected closing. The use of voilà addresses a possible emerging competition by further expanding the on-going action and thereby controlling possible next sequential slots. In these competitive contexts, stand-alone voilà and turn-initial voilà are used by speakers to re-affirm their authority over the sequence. Turn-initial voilà followed by a new turn constructional unit (TCU) orients to the possible progressivity of the activity, whereas turn-initial voilà with a continuation within the same TCU expands the on-going sequence and creates new opportunities for the co-participants to realign with it.

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