Mobilizing others : grammar and lexis within larger activities / edited by Emma Betz, Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Peter Golato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen, editor.

Betz, Emma, editor.

Golato, Peter, 1965- editor.

Series:

Studies in language and social interaction ; volume 33.

Studies in language and social interaction, 1879-3983 ; volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Language and languages--Usage.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 285 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

Summary:

Requesting, recruitment, and other ways of mobilizing others to act have garnered much interest in Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics. This volume takes a holistic perspective on the practices that we use to get others to act either with us, or for us. It argues for a more explicit focus on 'activity' in unpacking the linguistic and embodied choices we make in designing mobilizing moves. Drawing on studies from a variety of different languages and settings, the collected studies in this volume illustrate how interactants design their turns not only for specific recipients, but also for a specific interactional situation. In doing so, speakers are able to mobilize others' cooperation, contribution, or assistance in the most appropriate and economical ways. By focusing on 'situation design' across languages and settings, this volume provides new insights into the ways in which the ongoing activity, with its attendant participation structures, shapes the design, placement, and understanding of moves which mobilize others to act.

Contents:

1. Mobilizing others: an introduction

2. Requesting here-and-now actions with eo imperative formats in Korean interaction

3. Mobilizing for the next relevant action: managing progssivity in card game interactions

4. Recruitments in Frendh: declarative statements and accompanying actions which result in offers of assistance

5. Mobilizing student compliance: on the directive use of Finnish second-person declaratives and interrogatives during violen instruction

6. Linguistic structures emerging in the synchronization of a Pilates class

7. Multimodal mechanisms for mobilizing students to give pre-structured responses in French L2 classroom interaction

8. Mobilizing others when you have little (recognizable) language

9. When emergencies are not urgent: requested help in calls to 911 Costa Rica

10. Doing more than expected: thanking recognizes another's agency in providing assistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1150848324