Coordinating individual actions in joint activities: The case of the German deictic so
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Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ID Serval
serval:BIB_0BC1B4CFBEBE
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Coordinating individual actions in joint activities: The case of the German deictic so
Périodique
Lingua
ISSN
0024-3841
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
10/2022
Volume
277
Pages
103402
Langue
anglais
Résumé
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.
Mots-clé
Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Multimodality, Conversation analysis, Deixis, Particles, Seeking confirmation, Instructions
Open Access
Oui
Financement(s)
Fonds national suisse / 179108
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06/10/2022 17:39
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07/10/2022 7:08