Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters
On occasions, 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 conversatio...
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| description | On occasions, 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 (CA), 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 upon the context that the sequences that house them have so far provided. |
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| spelling | nottingham-6942020-05-04T20:27:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/694/ Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters Chevalier, Fabienne HG On occasions, 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 (CA), 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 upon the context that the sequences that house them have so far provided. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2008-03 Article PeerReviewed Chevalier, Fabienne HG (2008) Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 41 (1). tbc-tbc. (In Press) Conversation Analysis (CA) turn organization sequentiality context French http://www.leaonline.com/loi/rlsi |
| spellingShingle | Conversation Analysis (CA) turn organization sequentiality context French Chevalier, Fabienne HG Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title | Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title_full | Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title_fullStr | Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title_short | Unfinished Turns in French: How Context Matters |
| title_sort | unfinished turns in french: how context matters |
| topic | Conversation Analysis (CA) turn organization sequentiality context French |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/694/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/694/ |