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‘What do you want me to say?’ On the Conversation Analysis approach to bilingual interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2002

LI WEI
LI WEI
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Linguistics, Department of Speech, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK, li.wei@newcastle.ac.uk
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Abstract

Is language simply a medium for the expression of intentions, motives, or interests, or is it also a site for uncovering the method through which ordered activity is generated? This question has wide-ranging implications for the study of bilingual interaction in particular, and for sociolinguistics generally. This article attempts to explicate the principles behind the Conversation Analysis (CA) approach to bilingual interaction. It addresses some of the criticisms that have been leveled against the CA approach, using both new data and new analyses of previously published examples. (Keywords: Conversation Analysis, bilingual interaction, code-switching).*

Type
Research Article
Information
Language in Society , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 159 - 180
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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