But-prefacing for Refocusing in Public Questioning and Answering
In this paper, we focus on a special use of but in interactions in which those doing the questioning and answering are accountable for producing talk that is relevant to a third party—an overhearing audience. Specifically, we aim to show how participants leverage the contrastive power of but in turn...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL |
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| Online Access: | https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D85X3SW6/download |