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    The multiple constraints of addressed questions in whole-class interaction: Responses from unaddressed pupils

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    This article explores pupils' responses to addressed questions in two third-year primary school classes, organized as plenary interaction and based on the next-speaker selection. In this context, unaddressed pupils often produce responses of various kinds spontaneously, showing that the next-speaker selection per se does not exclude unaddressed pupils from participating. Analysis of the design and position of these responses show their orderly nature as mainly depending on the following dimensions: the position of the address term in the question and who has primary access to answers. Pupils' responses display a high level of awareness of the next-speaker selection rule operating in this setting, and more globally, of the turn-taking system. This competence enables pupils to understand and navigate the other-selection rule, often gaining their right to speakership. In line with prior studies on multiparty interactions, the article shows that teachers' questions pose multiple constraints on responses

    Act in different languages: Reflections on the binomial 'form and action' in comparative practices

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    Understanding how speakers recognize actions in talk is fundamental both for theories of intercultural communication and for practices involving cross-linguistic analysis (translation, interpreting and mediation). Drawing from Conversation Analysis, recent studies have shown that interactants manage to understand and respond to their interlocutors with precision, speed and no apparent effort, relying on interactional mechanisms that are universal and contextually-based. Since the notion of action first appeared in Austin's lectures, scholars from different trends and traditions have adopted alternative positions on the relationship between form and context, as well as on the relevance of each in performing and recognizing social actions in talk. The contribution argues for a major role of the second and reflects on possible outcomes for comparative practices

    Proposing surgery at the prosthetic clinic: managing patient resistance

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    Objective: Investigating doctors' communicative practices for recommending surgery to amputees when the proposal counters patients' expectation. Method: Conversation Analysis of 77 videorecorded medical consultations at an Italian prosthesis clinic. Results: Compared to the direct format doctors used to prescribe prosthesis, when suggesting surgery doctors adopted a more circuitous, indirect approach. They used a range of communication strategies, orientating to patients' likely resistance - indeed, patients were frequently observed to reject surgical options. Conclusions: Considering patients' expectations is part of a patient centred approach, hence the cautious ways in which doctors introduce the option of surgery. Moreover, doctors do not pursue recommending surgery when patients display their reluctance or resistance. Practice implications: Doctors in prosthetics clinics might adopt a more balanced communicative strategy that takes into account patients' perspectives, concerns and expectations, whilst but also providing patients with the necessary information to collaborate meaningfully to decision making
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