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Keevallik2010a
BibType ARTICLE
Key Keevallik2010a
Author(s) Leelo Keevallik
Title Minimal answers to yes/no questions in the service of sequence organization
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Estonian, Sequence organization, Yes/no, Minimal answers
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Year 2010
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 12
Number 3
Pages 283–209
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DOI 10.1177/1461445610363951
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Abstract

In conversation analytic and interactional studies, some responses are analyzed as being minimal.This article explores minimality in regard to two types of answers that appear to be used interchangeably as minimal responses to yes/no questions in Estonian. The answers represent typologically different formats, particles and echo answers (verb repeats). It is argued that minimality should be defined in a sequentially sensitive manner and that the two answer formats are used to display speakers’ understanding of the status of the social action implemented in the preceding question. The data come from audio recordings of phone calls and face-to-face interaction.

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