Jack Sidnell
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jack Sidnell is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0929-998X | E‑ISSN 1569‑9765
Title
Talk and Practical Epistemology: The social life of knowledge in a Caribbean community
Jack Sidnell
Drawing on the methods of conversation analysis and ethnography, this book sets out to examine the epistemological practices of Indo-Guyanese villagers as these are revealed in their talk and daily conduct. Based on over eighty-five hours of conversation recorded during twelve months of… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 142] 2005. xvi, 255 pp.
2014 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversation Evidentiality in Interaction, Nuckolls, Janis B. and Lev Michael (eds.), pp. 127–153 | Article
This essay reviews current work in conversation analysis with an eye to what it might contribute to the study of evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry. After a brief review of some aspects of the interactional organization of conversation, I turn to consider the way in which participants negotiate… read more
2012 Language and gender in the Caribbean Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:1, pp. 141–157 | Review article
2012 “Who knows best?”: Evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry in conversation Evidentiality in Interaction, Nuckolls, Janis B. and Lev Michael (eds.), pp. 294–320 | Article
This essay reviews current work in conversation analysis with an eye to what it might contribute to the study of evidentiality and epistemic asymmetry. After a brief review of some aspects of the interactional organization of conversation, I turn to consider the way in which participants negotiate… read more
2011 Inherent variability and coexistent systems: Negation in Bequia Variation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency, Hinrichs, Lars and Joseph T. Farquharson (eds.), pp. 39–56 | Article
The robust linguistic variation observed on the island of Bequia (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) raises the question of whether there is a single variable linguistic system or multiple systems. We examine the distribution and conditioning of variable negation (na, ain’t or not/-n’t) in three… read more
2009 Sequence The Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 215–239 | Article
2009 Participation The Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 125–156 | Article
2009 Participation Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–37 | Article
2009 Sequence Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Article
2009 Deixis Key Notions for Pragmatics, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 114–138 | Article
2006 Repair Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–38 | Article
2006 Sequence Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Article
2005 Deixis Handbook of Pragmatics: 2003–2005 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–32 | Article
2005 Advice in an Indo-Guyanese village and the interactional organization of uncertainty Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles, Mühleisen, Susanne and Bettina Migge (eds.), pp. 145–168 | Article
2002 Habitual and imperfective in Guyanese Creole Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 17:2, pp. 151–189 | Article
This paper describes variation in the grammar of aspect in Guyanese Creole. In particular, the various grammaticalized strategies for conveying ha-bituality, progressivity and imperfectivity are discussed. The paper contributes to an ongoing debate regarding the function of various preverbal… read more
2000 Deixis Handbook of Pragmatics: 1998 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Article
1998 Collaboration and contestation in a dispute about space in an Indo-Guyanese village Pragmatics 8:3, pp. 315–338 | Article