Bonnie-- I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but Mackiewicz and Riley published an article in a 2003 issue of Technical Communication entitled "The Editor as Diplomat: Linguistic Strategies for Balancing Clarity and Politeness." While this article addresses editing and draws some conclusions that a team from Texas Tech is studying, the article does take a thorough look at hedges, downtoners, etc. and has a good bibliography. Best, Pam Pamela Estes Brewer Lecturer -- Coordinator, Professional Writing Department of English and Philosophy Murray State University PhD Student in Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Texas Tech University 270-809-4719 fax 270-809-4545 pam.brewer@murraystate.edu On March 1, 2006, Murray State University will begin moving all its phone numbers in the 762 exchange to an 809 exchange. My new numbers will be 270-809-4719 (office), and 270-809-4545 (FAX). -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Nardi Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:45 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] hesitations, hedges Thanks to everyone for all these great suggestions. Am I right that most of these papers concern turn taking? My student is interested in how people hesitate in expressing ideas rather than in conversational back and forth. Sorry I was unclear. Thanks again. Best, -- Bonnie On Apr 12, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Jennifer Stromer-Galley wrote:
To add to the suggested literature:
Locher, Miriam. 2004. Power and politeness in action: Disagreement in oral communication. Mouton De Gruyter.
If memory serves, I think Margaret L. McLaughlin's Conversation: How Talk is Organized, also provides some discussion of hesitations, and the like, or at the very least a nice introduction to theories of interaction.
Best wishes, ~Jenny
Hello,
I have a student interested in theories that explain the use of hesitations, hedges and the like. He has encountered them in his transcriptions and become interested in how to analyze them.
What literature should I point him to? I don't know this area at all.
Thank you.
--
Bonnie
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