Request Sequences: The Intersection of Grammar, Interaction And Social Context

Taleghani-Nikazm, Carmen

ISBN 10: 9027226296 / ISBN 13: 9789027226297

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2006

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2006 hardcover published without jacket/slight wear on the cover/clean & unmarked. 125 p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Request Sequences: The Intersection of Grammar, Interaction And Social Context
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027226296
• ISBN 13: 9789027226297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This monograph provides a micro-analytic description of instances of requests in everyday German conversation. Using the framework of CA, the study systematically analyzes the grammatical and syntactical structure of the request-turn and its response and of the conversational exchanges before and within the request base sequence, and the placement of the request sequence within the larger social interaction. Through an empirical analysis of individual cases of request sequences in German, the monograph describes in detail: (a) how speakers employ grammar and syntax as resources to construct turns at talk and accomplish the social action of request; (b) how speakers use grammatical and syntactical forms of the language to coordinate the production of the social action of requests; (c) how speakers use grammar and syntax as interactional resources to manage affiliative and remedial work (i.e., face work) when performing delicate social actions such as requests; and (d) how the context of the request activity impacts the grammatical and syntactical constructions of speakers’ utterances. Additionally, the monograph demonstrates that both the grammatical construction of turns and their placement within the talk are oriented to the sequential context of the interaction.