When in doubt

Strategies used in response to interactional uncertainty∗

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11273041
AutoresMarilyn A Rumelhart (San Diego State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1983
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas377-402
Fecha de publicación1983-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiscourse Processes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01638538309544573
OpenAlexW2136241796
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas19

This paper is an analysis of the interaction strategies employed by a conversational participant who is unsure that he or she understands the content and/or the context of the interaction well enough to contribute appropriately to it but feels impelled to continue participating anyway. Data gathered during a participant‐observation study of an organization serving developmentally disabled adults led to the identification of 11 such strategies. The strategies fall into two basic classes: defensive strategies in which the participant attempts to manage the conversation by saying as little as possible of substance, and offensive strategies in which the uncertain participant tries to push the conversation toward safer and more certain grounds

Computer security · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Identification (biology · Offensive · Operations research · Participant observation · SAFER · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology