Turn Initiating Elements in Everyday Conversations

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This book fills a much-underexplored niche by providing an original perspective on the grammatical mechanisms involved in turn-taking in casual conversation and the underlying formal systematicity of everyday linguistic interaction. Its novel approach to the object of study, grounded on conversational analysis as much as on generative syntax, make this a valuable resource for a wide readership. -- Diego Gabriel Krivochen, University of Oxford Focusing on Czech particles and interjections and how they are used to initiate a new turn, Kosta proposes a new theoretical framework to address the difficult issue of a grammar of language use. This book is a must-read for everybody interested in how human beings can reach an understanding despite the multiplicity of differences permitted in individual talk-in-action. -- Edda Weigand, University of Muenster