Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
- 3 Basis for the Description of Discourse as an Interactive Process
- 4 On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
- 5 Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk
- 6 On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots
- 7 Building Up Interactional Episodes
- 8 Types of Talk in the Global Classroom
- 9 The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
4 - On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
- 3 Basis for the Description of Discourse as an Interactive Process
- 4 On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
- 5 Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk
- 6 On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots
- 7 Building Up Interactional Episodes
- 8 Types of Talk in the Global Classroom
- 9 The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
In Chapters 4 and 5, we focus on the smallest component of the interactional grammar: expressions. Chapter 4 presents a way of analysing and describing expressions which are meant to lubricate the flow of interaction. The acquisition of such expressions is very important for learners, who need to be made aware of their use. We define this category of expressions as Gambits. While it is a popular assumption that Gambits – often called ‘discourse markers’ in the literature – are devoid of meaning, we shall show that this is far from being the case.
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- Expressions, Speech Acts and DiscourseA Pedagogic Interactional Grammar of English, pp. 55 - 73Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023