Lerner1993
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Lerner1993 |
Author(s) | Gene H. Lerner |
Title | Collectivities in action: Establishing the relevance of conjoined participation in conversation |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, audience behavior, classroom interaction, coalitions, collective action, speaker selection, team talk, turn-taking |
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Year | 1993 |
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Journal | Text |
Volume | 13 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 213–245 |
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DOI | 10.1515/text.1.1993.13.2.213 |
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Abstract
Collectivities can become consequential social units in ordinary conversation. This article reports on the organization of talk in interaction at the juncture of two types of practical action. First, I consider the ongoing relevance of conjoined participation in two specializedforms of interaction (orator-audience interaction and teacher-student interaction) and I describe the range of practices that can be used ta broaden the units of participation in conversational interaction from individual persons to larger social units. Second, I amplify earlier treatments ofspeaker selection practices for conversation. Finally, I bring these two lines ofinquiry together. In multiparty conversation participants can address an association of recipients, thereby making relevant a response from those recipients as members of an association. By addressing a sequence-initiating action (e.g., a question) to an association ofrecipients, a conjoined opportunity to respond can be made relevant. Speakers can make conjoined participation relevant for relatively enduring collectivities (e.g., couples); moreover, occasion-specifie and momentary collectivities can become relevant units ofparticipation.
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