Coordinating individual actions in joint activities: The case of the German deictic so
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License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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serval:BIB_0BC1B4CFBEBE
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Title
Coordinating individual actions in joint activities: The case of the German deictic so
Journal
Lingua
ISSN
0024-3841
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/2022
Volume
277
Pages
103402
Language
english
Abstract
This study examines the use of the German deictic expression so (roughly translated into ‘like this’ in English)
accompanied by an embodied action in activities where participants have to jointly accomplish a project. The article
is divided into two sections that contrast two different types of interactional work that is accomplished by the use of
so + embodied action. Based on the methodological principles of Conversation Analysis, in the first section, I demonstrate
that, when the deictic expression forms part of a yes/no interrogative turn, it indexes a candidate suggestion that
requires the co-participant’s confirmation for the participant to move on to the next action. By offering a candidate to be
confirmed, participants project that their candidate might not be acceptable and that a correction might be relevant as a
follow-up. The second section then deals with the use of the deictic expression as part of the correction. The deictic
expression is used as a responsive action to a problem highlighted in the previous turn and the embodied action provides
the solution. In both cases, the deictic expression and the embodied action are used by the interlocutors to accomplish
action coordination in order to complete a joint project.
accompanied by an embodied action in activities where participants have to jointly accomplish a project. The article
is divided into two sections that contrast two different types of interactional work that is accomplished by the use of
so + embodied action. Based on the methodological principles of Conversation Analysis, in the first section, I demonstrate
that, when the deictic expression forms part of a yes/no interrogative turn, it indexes a candidate suggestion that
requires the co-participant’s confirmation for the participant to move on to the next action. By offering a candidate to be
confirmed, participants project that their candidate might not be acceptable and that a correction might be relevant as a
follow-up. The second section then deals with the use of the deictic expression as part of the correction. The deictic
expression is used as a responsive action to a problem highlighted in the previous turn and the embodied action provides
the solution. In both cases, the deictic expression and the embodied action are used by the interlocutors to accomplish
action coordination in order to complete a joint project.
Keywords
Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Multimodality, Conversation analysis, Deixis, Particles, Seeking confirmation, Instructions
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / 179108
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06/10/2022 17:39
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07/10/2022 7:08