Gardner2007

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Gardner2007
BibType ARTICLE
Key Gardner2007
Author(s) Rod Gardner
Title The right connections: Acknowledging epistemic progression in talk
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Tag(s) EMCA, Response tokens, listener, talk-in-interaction, epistemic token, medical discourse
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Year 2007
Language English
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 36
Number 3
Pages 319-341
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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047404507070169
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Abstract

It is proposed that the response token Right, in one important use, is a marker of epistemic dependency between two units of talk by a prior speaker, and that this talk has progressed the understanding by the Right producer of a complex activity involving much information transfer. Two other Rights as response tokens are considered: as an epistemic confirmation token similar to That's right, and as a change-of-activity token similar to Alright/Okay. In addition, Right is shown to be different from other response tokens, including the news receipt Oh, newsmarkers such as Really?, and continuers and acknowledgment tokens such as Mm hm and Yeah. The primary data consist of a fully transcribed dietetic consultation in an Australian hospital between a dietician and a client. 1

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