This article explores the viability of the analytic distinction between "turn-constructional unit (TCU) continuation" (i.e., continuing a turn beyond a point of possible completion with grammatically dependent material) and "new TCU" (i.e., continuing a turn with grammatically independent material) when hypotactic clause combinations are involved.…

This dissertation explores co-construction of a situated activity in a current unit by mainly focusing on hearers' actions. The "co-construction" involves a process of interaction in which speakers and hearers jointly construct the form and the meaning of ongoing utterances even when they disagree with each other (Jacoby & Ochs,…

Discusses the relationship between the pragmatic and the syntactic aspects of a message or, more specifically, the relationship between the status of the information in the message (that is, whether the information is shared or not shared by speaker and listener) and the grammatical structures used to reproduce the message. (CFM)