Wei2002

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Wei2002
BibType ARTICLE
Key Wei2002
Author(s) Li Wei
Title “What do you want me to say?”: on the conversation analysis approach to bilingual interaction
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Tag(s) EMCA, bilingual interaction, Conversation Analysis, code-switching
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Year 2002
Language English
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 31
Number 2
Pages 159–180
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DOI 10.1017/S0047404501020140
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Abstract

Is language simply a medium for the expression of intentions, motives, or interests, or is it also a site for uncovering the method through which ordered activity is generated? This question has wide-ranging implications for the study of bilingual interaction in particular, and for sociolinguistics generally. This article attempts to explicate the principles behind the Conversation Analysis (CA) approach to bilingual interaction. It addresses some of the criticisms that have been leveled against the CA approach, using both new data and new analyses of previously published examples.

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