But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering
In this paper, we focus on a special use of but in interactions in which those doing the questioning and answering are accountable for producing talk that is relevant to a third party—an overhearing audience. Specifically, we aim to show how participants leverage the contrastive power of but in turn...
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| description | In this paper, we focus on a special use of but in interactions in which those doing the questioning and answering are accountable for producing talk that is relevant to a third party—an overhearing audience. Specifically, we aim to show how participants leverage the contrastive power of but in turn-initial position to refocus following a deviation from the main course of action. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-220d78371fb6413dacb83adb2ee49bcd2022-12-22T03:11:02ZengColumbia University LibrariesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL2689-193X2019-05-0118110.7916/salt.v18i1.1200But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and AnsweringAnn Tai ChoeElizabeth ReddingtonIn this paper, we focus on a special use of but in interactions in which those doing the questioning and answering are accountable for producing talk that is relevant to a third party—an overhearing audience. Specifically, we aim to show how participants leverage the contrastive power of but in turn-initial position to refocus following a deviation from the main course of action.https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/1200 |
| spellingShingle | Ann Tai Choe Elizabeth Reddington But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL |
| title | But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering |
| title_full | But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering |
| title_fullStr | But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering |
| title_full_unstemmed | But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering |
| title_short | But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering |
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| url | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/1200 |
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