TY - JOUR
T1 - Recruitment
T2 - Offers, Requests, and the Organization of Assistance in Interaction
AU - Kendrick, Kobin H
AU - Drew, Paul
N1 - © 2016, Taylor & Francis. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details
PY - 2016/3/2
Y1 - 2016/3/2
N2 - In this article, we examine methods that participants use to resolve troubles in the realization of practical courses of action. The concept of recruitment is developed to encompass the linguistic and embodied ways in which assistance may be sought – requested or solicited – or in which we come to perceive another’s need and offer or volunteer assistance. We argue that these methods are organized as a continuum, from explicit requests, to practices that elicit offers, to anticipations of need. We further identify a class of subsidiary actions that can precede recruitment and that publicly expose troubles and thereby create opportunities for others to assist. Data in American and British English.
AB - In this article, we examine methods that participants use to resolve troubles in the realization of practical courses of action. The concept of recruitment is developed to encompass the linguistic and embodied ways in which assistance may be sought – requested or solicited – or in which we come to perceive another’s need and offer or volunteer assistance. We argue that these methods are organized as a continuum, from explicit requests, to practices that elicit offers, to anticipations of need. We further identify a class of subsidiary actions that can precede recruitment and that publicly expose troubles and thereby create opportunities for others to assist. Data in American and British English.
U2 - 10.1080/08351813.2016.1126436
DO - 10.1080/08351813.2016.1126436
M3 - Article
SN - 0835-1813
VL - 49
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Research on Language and Social Interaction
JF - Research on Language and Social Interaction
IS - 1
ER -
