The “Long List” in oral interactions

Definition, examples, context, and some of its achievements

Bibliographic Data

ID14962472
AuthorsGonen Dori-Hacohen (0000-0001-6532-3714, University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume30
Issue3
Pages303-325
Publication date2020-08-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1018-2101 • E-ISSN: 2406-4238
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/prag.19007.dor
OpenAlexW3033144819
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

This paper discusses lists, a neglected structure, to challenge taken-for-granted assumptions about them in oral interactions. Two such assumptions are: unlike narratives, lists are perceived as centered on the delivery of objective information; and three-part lists are normative. Using Israeli and U.S.A. radio call-in shows data, this paper discusses the “Long List” – a list with more than three parts. These lists deliver their speaker’s meaning in a structure resembling stories: a “lister” delivers the “list” in a “listing” process. Listings may be explicit or implicit and may include evaluative elements. Long Lists might appear in chains, and in the Israeli data Long Lists demonstrate normative features similar to three-part lists in mundane interactions. Connecting them with their context, lists are sometimes used to emphasize media biases. The conclusion connects the Long Lists to their speech event and to poetics

Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Linguistics · Listing (finance · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Normative · Poetics · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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