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oapen-20.500.12657-469302023-01-31T18:47:37Z Getting others to do things Enfield, N. J. Rossi, Giovanni Floyd, Simeon Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Biography & Autobiography bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society. Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of interaction in which one person’s behaviour solicits or occasions another’s assistance or collaboration share common structural properties that provide a basis for the systematic comparison of this domain across languages. The goal of this comparison is to uncover similarities and differences in how language and other conduct are used in carrying out social action around the world, including different kinds of requests, orders, suggestions, and other actions brought together under the rubric of recruitment. 2021-02-24T04:30:52Z 2021-02-24T04:30:52Z 2020 book 9783961102785 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46930 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Language Science Press Language Science Press https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4017493 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4017493 0bad921f-3055-43b9-a9f1-ea5b2d949173 9783961102785 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language Science Press open access
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Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society. Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of interaction in which one person’s behaviour solicits or occasions another’s assistance or collaboration share common structural properties that provide a basis for the systematic comparison of this domain across languages. The goal of this comparison is to uncover similarities and differences in how language and other conduct are used in carrying out social action around the world, including different kinds of requests, orders, suggestions, and other actions brought together under the rubric of recruitment.
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