On affiliation and alignment

Non-cooperative uses of anticipatory completions in the context of tellings

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5965631
AutoresMarja Etelämäki (0000-0002-9279-5810, University of Oslo), T Heinemann (0000-0003-2695-0314, University of Oulu), Anna Vatanen (0000-0002-8236-657X, University of Oulu, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume23
Fascículo6
Páginas726-758
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14614456211017407
OpenAlexW3175359009
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas50

In this paper, we address the larger notion of cooperation in interaction and its underlying dimensions as defined in Conversation Analysis: alignment and affiliation. Focusing on three cases from three different languages (Danish, Estonian and Finnish) we investigate a specific practice, that of anticipatory completions, in a particular context, that of storytelling, and show that the practice of completing another speaker’s turn in an anticipatory manner is not de facto definable as either an aligning or non-aligning action, nor can it be said to be either affiliating or non-affiliating. Through our analyses, we aim to distinguish and illustrate the manifold layers of and perspectives to alignment and affiliation and argue for their relevance for studies of interactional phenomena. We conclude that the notion of cooperation and its implementation through affiliating and/or aligning actions is a multi-layered and complex issue, the intricacies of which are best understood and captured through detailed sequential analyses

Conversation · Conversation analysis · De facto · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Turn-taking · Communication · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology