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'What do you want me to say?' - On the Conversation Analysis approach to bilingual interaction

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Wei Li

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Abstract

Is language simply a medium for the expression of intentions, motives, or interests, or is it also a site for uncovering the method through which ordered activity is generated? This question has wide-ranging implications for the study of bilingual interaction in particular, and for sociolinguistics generally. This article attempts to explicate the principles behind the Conversation Analysis (CA) approach to bilingual interaction. It addresses some of the criticisms that have been leveled against the CA approach, using both new data and new analyses of previously published examples.

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Author(s): Wei L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Language in Society

Year: 2002

Volume: 31

Issue: 2

Pages: 159-180

ISSN (print): 0047-4045

ISSN (electronic): 1469-8013

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047405401020140

DOI: 10.1017/S0047405401020140

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