In this article, we examine methods that participants use to resolve troubles in the realization
of practical courses of action. The concept of recruitment is developed to encompass the …

Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society.
Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of …

This conversation analytic study explicates the sequentially-specific syntactic formats of
offers. The study focuses on offers made in telephone calls, in which one speaker proposes …

The paper discusses action sequences that concern the transfer of an object or service,
namely requests and responses to them. It focuses specifically on responses, describing …

In this article, we explore the syntactic forms speakers use when making requests. An initial
investigation of ordinary telephone calls between family and friends and out-of-hours calls to …

This study explores the formulation of requests in an American English-speaking shoe repair
shop. Taking prior work on request formats as our starting point, we explore the two primary …

Abstract from a social constructionist position, in which language practices are central, and
where meaning is derived from social interactions, we have explored several possibilities for …

Coordinating social action with others entails (and is reflected in) members' knowing where
they are in a course of action, from whom an action is due, what action is due, and the like …

This article examines some aspects of advice in American English. We consider how social
norms concerning authority, expertise and intimacy are manifested in advice exchanges …

Requesting and offering are closely related, insofar as they are activities associated with
someone's need for assistance. It has been supposed (eg Schegloff 2007) that requests and …