Tying sequences together with the [that’s + wh-clause] format
- This article explores a sequence organizational phenomenon that results from the use of a loosely specifiable turn format (viz., That's + wh-clause) for launching (next) sequences while at the same time connecting back to a prior turn. Using this practice creates a sequential juncture, i.e., a pivot-like nexus between one sequence and a next. In third position, such junctures serve to accomplish seamless sequential transitions from one sequence into a next by presenting the latter as locally occasioned. The practice may, however, also be deployed in second position to launch actions that have not been made relevant or provided for by the preceding action and exhibit response relevance themselves. The sequential junctures then become retro-sequential in character: They transform the projected trajectory of the sequence in progress and create interlocking sequential structures. These findings highlight that sequence is practice, while pointing to understudied interconnections between tying and sequentiality. Data are in English.
Author details: | Uwe-Alexander KüttnerORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2020.1739422 |
ISSN: | 0835-1813 |
ISSN: | 1532-7973 |
Title of parent work (English): | Research on language and social interaction |
Subtitle (English): | on (retro-)sequential junctures in conversation |
Publisher: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
Place of publishing: | New York |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/04/03 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/01/16 |
Tag: | answers; organization; questions; responses |
Volume: | 53 |
Issue: | 2 |
Number of pages: | 24 |
First page: | 247 |
Last Page: | 270 |
Funding institution: | transnational E-RARE grant `CCMCURE (DFG) European Commission [SFB958]; E-RARE [ERL 138397]; Canadian; Institutes for Health Research Canadian Institutes of Health Research; (CIHR) [PJT 153000]; the E-RARE grant `CCMCURE |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |