Description
Action Ascription in Interaction presents cutting-edge research on how participants in conversation interpret, categorize, and attribute actions to themselves and others. Drawing on extensive empirical data from naturally occurring interactions across multiple languages and cultural contexts, the contributors demonstrate the complex interactional work involved in making sense of conduct.
The book explores how action ascription emerges through turn-taking, repair sequences, and other fundamental aspects of conversation. Contributors examine phenomena such as blame, complaint, accusation, and responsibility assignment, revealing how these social actions are accomplished collaboratively through language. The research highlights the importance of understanding action ascription as a fundamentally interactional and culturally-situated process rather than a purely individual cognitive phenomenon.
Part of the prestigious Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics series, this work will be essential reading for scholars in linguistics, communication studies, and related disciplines interested in how meaning and social order are constructed through interaction.
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