Hoey2017
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Hoey2017 |
| Author(s) | Elliott M. Hoey |
| Title | Sequence recompletion: A practice for managing lapses in conversation |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation analysis, Lapses, Sequence organization, Turn-taking, Silence |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 109 |
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| Pages | 47-63 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pragma.2016.12.008 |
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Abstract
Conversational interaction occasionally lapses as topics become exhausted or as participants are left with no obvious thing to talk about next. In this article I look at episodes of ordinary conversation to examine how participants resolve issues of speakership and sequentiality in lapse environments. In particular, I examine one recurrent phenomenon—sequence recompletion—whereby participants bring to completion a sequence of talk that was already treated as complete. Using conversation analysis, I describe four methods for sequence recompletion: turn-exiting, action redoings, delayed replies, and post-sequence transitions. With this practice, participants use verbal and vocal resources to locally manage their participation framework when ending one course of action and potentially starting up a new one.
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