Veronesi2020
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Daniela Veronesi |
| Title | Bene, va bene, benissimo come risorse di pre-chiusura e di transizione in interazioni istituzionali |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Language | Italian |
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| Journal | Studi Italiani di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata |
| Volume | 49 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 544–570 |
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The paper explores some uses of the Italian expressions bene, va bene and benissimo in institutional talk. Drawing on audio- and videorecorded data from classroom interaction, radio interviews and research interviews, and with the methods of interactional linguistics and conversation analysis, I examine how speakers use bene, va bene and benissimo as resources to organize and structure interaction. In particular, I show how they can be used by teachers and lecturers, radio hosts and researchers – i.e., by participants who take up the institutionally defined and interactionally ratified role of chairing and managing the encounter – 1) as ways of closing down question-answer sequences, and thereby as a pre-closing of the whole interaction; 2) at transitions between different kinds of activities involving changes in the participation framework; 3) or at transitions from one topic to the next. I then discuss how these resources, rather than initiating or achieving pre-closings and transitions on their own, are mobilized together with further linguistic – as for instance allora – and/or embodied resources, thus highlighting the relevance of a multimodal perspective for the analysis of face-to-face encounters.
