TY  - JOUR
A1  - Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
A1  - Thompson, Sandra A.
T1  - Concessive patterns in conversation
Y1  - 2000
SN  - 978-11-016690-9
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thompson, Sandra A.
A1  - Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
T1  - The clause as a locus of grammar and interaction
Y1  - 2005
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thompson, Sandra A.
A1  - Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
T1  - The clause as a locus of grammar and interaction
N2  - This article draws on work at the interface of grammar and interaction to argue that the clause is a locus of interaction, in the sense that it is one of the most frequent grammatical formats which speakers orient to in projecting what actions are being done by others' utterances and in acting on these projections. Yet the way in which the clause affords grammatical projectability varies significantly from language to language. In fact, it depends on the nature of the clausal grammatical formats which are available as resources in a language: in some languages these allow early projection in the turn unit (as in English), in others they do not (as in Japanese). We focus here on these two languages and show that their variable grammatical projectability has repercussions on the way in which three interactional phenomena - next-turn onset, co-construction, and turn-unit extension - are realized in the respective speech communities. In each case the practices used are precisely the ones which the clausal grammatical formats in the given language promote. The evidence thus suggests that clauses are interactionally warranted, if variably built, formats for social action
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 1461-4456
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Thompson, Sandra A.
A1  - Fox, Barbara A.
A1  - Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
T1  - Grammar in everyday talk
BT  - building responsive actions
T3  - Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 31
N2  - This book surveys how English speakers use grammar to formulate responses in ordinary conversation. The authors show that speakers build their responses in a variety of ways: the responses can be longer or shorter, repetitive or not, and can be uttered with different intonational 'melodies'"--
"Drawing on everyday telephone and video interactions, this book surveys how English speakers use grammar to formulate responses in ordinary conversation. The authors show that speakers build their responses in a variety of ways: the responses can be longer or shorter, repetitive or not, and can be uttered with different intonational 'melodies'. Focusing on four sequence types: responses to questions ('What time are we leaving?' - 'Seven'), responses to informings ('The May Company are sure having a big sale' - 'Are they?'), responses to assessments ('Track walking is so boring. Even with headphones' - 'It is'), and responses to requests ('Please don't tell Adeline' - 'Oh no I won't say anything'), they argue that an interactional approach holds the key to explaining why some types of utterances in English conversation seem to have something 'missing' and others seem overly wordy.
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-1-107-03102-9
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -