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| Title: |
When in doubt: Strategies used in response to interactional uncertainty |
| Author: |
Rumelhart, Marilyn A. |
| Appeared in: |
Discourse processes |
| Paging: | Volume 6 (1983) nr. 4 pages 377-402 |
| Year: |
1983-10 |
| Contents: |
This paper is an analysis of the interaction strategies employed by a conversational participant who is unsure that he or she understands the content and/or the context of the interaction well enough to contribute appropriately to it but feels impelled to continue participating anyway. Data gathered during a participant-observation study of an organization serving developmentally disabled adults led to the identification of 11 such strategies. The strategies fall into two basic classes: defensive strategies in which the participant attempts to manage the conversation by saying as little as possible of substance, and offensive strategies in which the uncertain participant tries to push the conversation toward safer and more certain grounds. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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