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Conversational Norms

Conversational Norms is a sociolinguistic construct that specifies the culturally and contextually contingent rules governing the appropriate use of language in social interaction, distinguishing it from other linguistic competencies by its focus on the implicit expectations for turn-taking, topic management, politeness, and speech act realization in dialogue.

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12.5K

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308

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170

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2017–2026

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182

The discursive accomplishment of normality: On ‘lingua franca’ English and conversation analysis

Alan Firth · Journal of Pragmatics · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Transitional regularities for ‘casual’ “Okay” usages

Wayne A. Beach · Journal of Pragmatics · 1993 · 558 citations

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Heteronormativity in Action: Reproducing the Heterosexual Nuclear Family in After-hours Medical Calls

Celia Kitzinger · Social Problems · 2005 · 449 citations

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Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Part-Whole Question Sequences: A Conversational Logic Analysis

Norbert Schwarz, Fritz Strack, Hans-Peter Mai · Public Opinion Quarterly · 1991 · 402 citations · Full text

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The Normative Context of Advice as Social Support

Daena J. Goldsmith, Kristine L. Fitch · Human Communication Research · 1997 · 389 citations

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Authors

308

  1. NS
    Norbert Schwarz

    University of Michigan, United States

    5 publications · 957 citations

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  2. TT
    Tiia Tulviste

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  3. JH
    Janet Holmes

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    3 publications · 280 citations

    3

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  4. FS
    Fritz Strack

    University of Würzburg, Germany

    3 publications · 677 citations

    3

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  5. ES
    Elizabeth Stokoe

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 161 citations

    3

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Institutions

170

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    321 citations

  2. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    341 citations

  3. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    998 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    800 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    273 citations

  6. Södertörn University

    Huddinge, Sweden

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    334 citations

  7. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    218 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    10 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. 6

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  3. Research on Language and Social Interaction

    6 publications · 485 citations

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  4. Language in Society

    5 publications · 697 citations

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  5. Journal of Language and Social Psychology

    JLSP · 4 publications · 174 citations

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