Research on Language and Social Interaction · 2002 · 487 citations · 22 references
Language StudiesInstructionTeachingDiscourse AnalysisLanguage PedagogyPragmaticsConversation AnalysisSecond Language AcquisitionClassroom Turn-takingError Analysis In WritingOrdinary ConversationSecond Language Academic WritingWriting Conferences
The turn type used to elicit student knowledge displays is not a syntactic question or complete turn, and is intentionally incomplete, giving rise to the term designedly incomplete utterance (DIU). The study examines how teachers employ designedly incomplete utterances in one‑on‑one second‑language writing conferences to elicit students’ self‑correction of written language errors. Teachers construct DIUs from students’ own words to initiate turns that prompt completion, and the authors categorize several DIU types and compare them to analogous conversational practices such as word searches and anticipatory completions. The analysis shows that DIUs are adaptations of ordinary conversational practices, tailored to fulfill specialized institutional tasks in writing conferences.
Abstract This article uses a conversation analytic framework to analyze a practice used by teachers in 1-on-1, second-language writing conferences when eliciting self-correction of students' written language errors. This type of turn, used to elicit a knowledge display from the student, is not a syntactic question or even a complete turn constructional unit. It is designed to be incomplete; hence the name designedly incomplete utterance (DIU). The teachers use DIUs made up of the students' own words to begin turns that they are prompting the students to complete. Several types of DIU are discussed, showing how their turn design is related to the action they are being used to do. DIUs are then compared to similar practices found in ordinary conversation (i.e., word searches and anticipatory completions), showing how DIUs are adaptations of these practices to accomplish specialized institutional tasks.
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Stephen C. Levinson · Linguistics · 1979 · 1.1K citations · Full text
On the syntax of sentences-in-progress
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