Kim2013a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Kim2013a |
| Author(s) | Hye Ri Stephanie Kim |
| Title | Retroactive indexing of relevance: the use of well in third position |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
| Volume | 46 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 125–143 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2013.780338 |
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Abstract
Using conversation analysis, this article describes the use of well-prefacing in third position after a question-response sequence. Well as a discourse marker has been examined extensively from various perspectives. In conversation analysis, well is described as indexing “dispreferredness” (Pomerantz, 1984) and “unstraightforwardness” (Schegloff & Lerner, 2009) in second position (e.g., responses to assessments and questions). By examining American and British English conversations, the present study investigates the use of well in a previously unexamined sequential position, third position, and demonstrates that the well: (a) retroactively marks the prior action (i.e., the question) as having been preliminary to the impending turn and (b) prospectively marks the impending turn as the reason for the question.
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