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| Title: | A Preference for Progressivity in Interaction |
| Author: | Tanya Stivers |
| Email: | click here TO access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/stivers/TS_website/Home_Page.html |
| Institution: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Author: | Jeffrey D. Robinson |
| Institution: | Rutgers University |
| Linguistic Field: | Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics |
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| Abstract: | This article investigates two types of preference organization in interaction: in response to a question that selects a next speaker in multi-party interaction, the preference for answers over non-answer responses as a category of a response; and the preference for selected next speakers to respond. It is asserted that the turn allocation rule specified by Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson (1974) which states that a response is relevant by the selected next speaker at the transition relevance place is affected by these two preferences once beyond a normal transition space. It is argued that a “second-order” organization is present such that interactants prioritize a preference for answers over a preference for a response by the selected next speaker. This analysis reveals an observable preference for progressivity in interaction. |
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This article appears IN Language in Society Vol. 35, Issue 3. |
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