Jefferson1988
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Jefferson1988 |
| Author(s) | Gail Jefferson |
| Title | On the sequential organization of troubles talk in ordinary conversation |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Troubles, delicates |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Journal | Social Problems |
| Volume | 35 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 418–441 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.2307/800595 |
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Abstract
This paper is an investigation of conversations in which people talk about their troubles. I describe a series of recurrent, positioned elements as comprising a “candidate” troubles telling sequence. That is, the collection of troubles tellings showed a shape and a trajectory that was well-formed in some conversations and distorted in others. Thus, the array of elements in the sequence could be characterized as “vaguely orderly.” I consider whether this is due to a “rough” ordering of “big packages” in conversation (i.e., relatively long sequences of talk), or due to problematic local and general contingencies that disrupt an otherwise tight overall design.
Notes
reprinted, with an introduction, in: Gail Jefferson (2015) Talking About Troubles in Conversation, Oxford U.P.: 27-61
