Title: Requesting responsibility
Description: This work analyses requests for action on the basis of natural video-recorded data of everyday interaction in British English and Polish families. Jorg Zinken describes in his analyses the features of interactional context that people across cultures might be sensitive to in designing a request, as well as aspects of cultural diversity.
Subjects: Communication in families, Comparative Grammar, Topic and comment, English language, Interpersonal communication, Conversation analysis, English, Polish, Polish language, English language, grammar, comparative