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Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
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Conversation analysis

Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.con4
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Origins and overview
  • 3.Data, transcription and analysis
  • 4.Exhibiting an understanding in next turn
  • 5.Conditional relevance of next position
  • 6.Conclusions
  • References
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