Barske2009
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Tobias Barske |
| Title | Same token, different actions: A conversation analytic study of social roles, embodied actions and ok in German business meetings |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, German, Business Communication, Meetings, Ok, Embodied interaction, Social Roles |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Journal | Journal of Business Communication |
| Volume | 46 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 120-149 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021943608325748 |
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Abstract
Using a conversation analytic approach, this article presents a systematic analysis of the interactional use of the particle ok in the institutional setting of German business meetings. Through an examination of talk-in-interaction with a thorough description of relevant embodied actions, the author analyzes how meeting participants co-construct social roles by employing different uses of free-standing ok. More specifically, the author focuses on two different uses of free-standing ok in business meetings: ok with averted eye gaze and ok with maintained eye gaze. The author addresses the question of how the chairperson uses free-standing ok to accomplish different actions and to perform “doing-being-facilitator.” By describing where the chairperson looks while producing ok, I also discuss how the chair manages both the coordination of face-to-face interaction and the practical task of facilitating the progress of a meeting.
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