Repetition in Action: Repair, Newsmarking, Registration, Extraction

• In Event: 470 - Regular Session. Social Action and Epistemics

Abstract

A substantial literature documents that a wide range of actions may be implemented through the use of repetition in interaction. However there is a lack of systematic analysis that identifies the range of features of repetitions that are systemically associated with the formation of distinct conversational actions. Focusing on contemporary CA theories of epistemics and response mobilization, and the role of grammatical form and intonation deployed in the implementation of distinctive knowledge claims and pursuit of response mobilization, this paper offers a systematic differentiation of four main classes of actions implemented through repetition: repair, news marking, registration and extraction. It suggests that these are the main classes of actions implemented through repetition.

Author

• John Heritage, University of California-Los Angeles