Book contents
- Understanding Dialogue
- Understanding Dialogue
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Glossary
- Preface to Understanding Dialogue: Language Use and Social Interaction (Pickering & Garrod)
- 1 The Challenge of Dialogue
- Part I The Shared Workspace Framework
- Part II Alignment during Dialogue
- Part III Using the Shared Workspace Efficiently
- 8 Saying Just Enough
- 9 Speaking in Good Time
- Part IV Extending the Shared Workspace Framework
- References
- Index
8 - Saying Just Enough
from Part III - Using the Shared Workspace Efficiently
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2021
Book contents
- Understanding Dialogue
- Understanding Dialogue
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Glossary
- Preface to Understanding Dialogue: Language Use and Social Interaction (Pickering & Garrod)
- 1 The Challenge of Dialogue
- Part I The Shared Workspace Framework
- Part II Alignment during Dialogue
- Part III Using the Shared Workspace Efficiently
- 8 Saying Just Enough
- 9 Speaking in Good Time
- Part IV Extending the Shared Workspace Framework
- References
- Index
Summary
The chapter discusses efficient use of the limited shared workspace and how interlocutors work together to achieve it. We introduce the notion of commentary (both positive and negative) that reflects interlocutors' confidence in focal alignment. We show how positive commentary leads directly to succinct expressions and negative commentary leads to fuller expressions. As a result, positive and negative commentary promote alignment while minimizing collaborative effort.
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- Understanding DialogueLanguage Use and Social Interaction, pp. 169 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021