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Studies in Language and Social Interaction Ser. ; v. 30
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Studies in Language and Social Interaction Ser.
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In middle-class Anglo-speaking circles imperatives are considered impolite forms that command another to do something; etiquette manuals recommend avoiding them. The papers in this collection de-construct such lay beliefs. Through the empirical examination of everyday and institutional interaction across a range of languages, they show that imperatives are routinely used for constructing turns that further sociality in interactional situations. Moreover, they show that for understanding the use of an imperatively formatted turn, its specific design (whether it contains, e.g., an overt subject, object, modal particles, or diminutives), and its sequential and temporal positioning in verbal and embodied activities are crucial. The fact that the same type of imperative turn is appropriate under the same circumstances across linguistically diverse cultures suggests that there are common aspects of imperative turn design and common pragmatic dimensions of situations warranting their use. The volume provides new insights into the resources and processes involved when social actors try to get another to do something. |
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Imperative Turns at Talk; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Imperative turns at talk: An introduction; 1. Prior research; 2. Profile of the volume; 3. Imperative turns: Conceptual issues; 3.1 Variation in imperative forms; 3.2 Imperatives in their turns; 3.3 Pragmatic dimensions of directive situations; 3.4 Imperative turns, actions, and sequences; 4. Structure of the volume; References; Chapter 2. A cline of visible commitment in the situated design of imperative turns: Evidence from German and Polish; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and methods. |
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3. The grammar of imperatives in German and Polish4. The cline of visible commitment; 4.1 Initiating co-participants and responsive imperatives; 4.2 Engaged recipients and local project imperatives; 4.3 Available recipients and global project imperatives; 4.4 Divergent engagements and competitive imperatives; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Precision timing and timed embeddedness of imperatives in embodied courses of action: Precision timing and timed embeddedness of imperatives in embodied courses of action: Examples from French; 1. Introduction. |
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2. The phenomenon and data set3. Sequence organization; 3.1 The basic organization of the sequence; 3.2 Formats of 1st actions: Imperatives and other multimodal resources; 3.3 Second position: Responses; 3.4 Third position: Assessments and repairs; 4. Indexicality and praxeological context; 4.1 How to make sense of the indexicality of directives; 4.2 Embeddedness in the praxeological context; 5. Temporal trajectories of repeated imperatives: Urgency versus duration; 5.1 Repetition until proper compliance is achieved: A sense of urgency; 5.2 Online calibration: Managing duration. |
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6. Normativity: Negative imperatives6.1 Anticipating possible problematic actions; 6.2 Orientation to an actual inadequate action; 6.3 From positive to negative imperatives; 6.4 Blaming; 7. Conclusions; Conventions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Secondary and deviant uses of the imperative for requesting in Italian; 1. Introduction; 2. The imperative form in Italian; 3. Background: Using the imperative for requesting; 4. Data and sampling; 5. Primary use; 6. Secondary uses; 7. Deviant uses; 8. Discussion; Acknowledgements; References. |
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Chapter 5. Three imperative action formats in Danish talk-in-interaction: Three imperative action formats in Danish talk-in-interaction: The case of imperative + modal particles bare and ligeThe case of imperative + modal particles bare and lige1. Introduction; 2. Danish imperatives in general and in our data; 3. Analysis of three imperative action formats; 3.1 Imperative+lige as a format for requesting; 3.2 Imperative+bare as a format for granting permission; 3.3 Bare+imperative as a format for giving advice; 4. Summary and discussion; Acknowledgements; References. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Imperative.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Imperative. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Speech acts (Linguistics)
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Speech acts (Linguistics) |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: IMPERATIVE TURNS AT TALK. [Place of publication not identified] : JOHN BENJAMINS, 2017 9027226407 (OCoLC)980797299 |
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9789027265524 (electronic book) |
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9027265526 (electronic book) |
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9027226407 |
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9789027226402 |
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