Questions are design problems for both the questioner and the addressee. They must be
produced as recognizable objects and must be comprehended by taking into account the …

This article focuses on situated requests, ie, interactional turns, the aim of which is to have
the recipient do something (eg, hand a tissue, close a door). Requests in face-to-face …

This chapter discusses some of the elements of human sociality that serve as the social and
cognitive infrastructure or preconditions for the use of requests and other kinds of …

This article studies how people enter into interactions in public space by examining casual
encounters initiated either by strangers or acquainted persons. It contributes to the study of …

Recipient design is one of the concepts used most and reflected least in conversation
analysis. Usually, the assumption that a speaker will orient towards a recipient during the …

The purpose of this study is to compare the data collected, via two methods, from two groups
of Peninsular Spanish native speakers in a service encounter scenario. The methods …

The study of language contact has been traditionally carried out from a structural perspective
(synchronic or diachronic), from a sociolinguistic perspective and/or from a rather …

This study 1 explores social encounters in which 'social mediators'(SM) offer assistance to
migrants and help them access social, legal and healthcare services in France. One …

Reasons play an important role in social interaction. We study reasons-giving in the context
of request sequences in Russian. By contrasting request sequences with and without …

This study examines how interactants initiate and implement the transfer of objects, mainly
food and other food-service-related items, at the family holiday dinner table. I address this …