TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Deppermann, Arnulf
A1  - Gubina, Alexandra
T1  - Positionally-sensitive action-ascription. Uses of Kannst du X? ‘can you X?’ in their sequential and multimodal context
JF  - Interactional Linguistics
N2  - Schegloff (1996) has argued that grammars are “positionally-sensitive”, implying that the situated use and understanding of linguistic formats depends on their sequential position. Analyzing the German format Kannst du X? (corresponding to English Can you X?) based on 82 instances from a large corpus of talk-in-interaction (FOLK), this paper shows how different action-ascriptions to turns using the same format depend on various orders of context. We show that not only sequential position, but also epistemic status, interactional histories, multimodal conduct, and linguistic devices co-occurring in the same turn are decisive for the action implemented by the format. The range of actions performed with Kannst du X? and their close interpretive interrelationship suggest that they should not be viewed as a fixed inventory of context-dependent interpretations of the format. Rather, the format provides for a root-interpretation that can be adapted to local contextual contingencies, yielding situated action-ascriptions that depend on constraints created by contexts of use.
KW  - action-ascription
KW  - request
KW  - question
KW  - Interactional Linguistics
KW  - Conversation Analysis
KW  - Deutsch
KW  - Korpus <Linguistik>
KW  - Interaktion
KW  - Aufforderung
KW  - Frage
KW  - Konversationsanalyse
KW  - Modalverb
KW  - Grammatik
KW  - modal verbs
KW  - positionally-sensitive grammar
KW  - German
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-107652
SN  - 2666-4232
SS  - 2666-4232
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1075/il.21005.dep
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1075/il.21005.dep
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SP  - 183
EP  - 215
PB  - Benjamins
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -