Chevalier2008
| Chevalier2008 | |
|---|---|
| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Chevalier2008 |
| Author(s) | Fabienne H.G. Chevalier |
| Title | Unfinished turns in french conversations: How context matters |
| Editor(s) | |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, French, Context, Sequence organization, Turn Organization |
| Publisher | |
| Year | 2008 |
| Language | |
| City | |
| Month | |
| Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 41 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 1-30 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351810701691115 |
| ISBN | |
| Organization | |
| Institution | |
| School | |
| Type | |
| Edition | |
| Series | |
| Howpublished | |
| Book title | |
| Chapter | |
Abstract
On occasion, speakers do not complete their turns in conversation. Such syntactically incomplete turns are not treated with repair or misunderstanding. The responses that they receive display a clear understanding of the actions that the unfinished turns embodied. In this article, using conversation analysis, I describe the systematic occurrence of unfinished turns in French conversation. I show that context is necessary to the understanding of this type of turn, and I describe the nature of that context. Data analysis reveals that unfinished turns are understandable primarily by reference to their sequential position. I conclude that unfinished turns are a locally managed resource fitted to the particulars of the talk in progress and built on the context that the sequences that house them have so far provided.
Notes
