John Heritage

List of John Benjamins publications for which John Heritage plays a role.

Titles

Responding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts

Edited by Galina B. Bolden, John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Between Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages

Edited by John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen

[Studies in Language and Social Interaction, 31] 2018. vii, 487 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff

Edited by Geoffrey Raymond, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 273] 2017. vi, 359 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen 2023 Chapter 1. Introduction: Polar questions and their responsesResponding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 1–39 | Chapter
Question–answer sequences are arguably among the most basic building blocks for sequences of action in interaction and are ubiquitous among the languages of the world. This chapter reviews and synthesizes current interactional research on polar questions and answers across languages in order to… read more
Robinson, Jeffrey D. and John Heritage 2023 Chapter 11. Renewing a social action in US primary care: One sequential context when actions formatted as polar questions do not require polar answersResponding to Polar Questions across Languages and Contexts, Bolden, Galina B., John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 328–349 | Chapter
We consider a specific polar-interrogative offer by physicians (e.g., Is there something/anything else you’d like to address in the visit today?). We show that in one sequential context this interrogative obligates the production of a yes-/no-type answer, receiving one over 80% of the time.… read more
Clayman, Steven E., John Heritage and Amelia M.J. Hill 2020 Gender matters in questioning presidentsThe Mediated Communication of Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Politics, Smith, Angela and Michael Higgins (eds.), pp. 125–143 | Article
This paper traces the increasing prominence of women in the White House press corps over the latter half of the 20th century, and considers how this trend toward greater gender balance has impacted the questioning of presidents. Modest gender differences are documented in the topical content of… read more
Heritage, John 2018 Chapter 6. Turn-initial particles in English: The cases of oh and wellBetween Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 155–190 | Chapter
This chapter examines the English turn-initial particles oh and well. It begins with a consideration of their distinctive usages and functions in three basic sequential positions (first, second and third), arguing that both exhibit what Schegloff (1996) terms ‘positional sensitivity’. The chapter… read more
Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen 2018 Chapter 1. Introduction: Analyzing turn-initial particlesBetween Turn and Sequence: Turn-initial particles across languages, Heritage, John and Marja-Leena Sorjonen (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Chapter
Lerner, Gene H., Geoffrey Raymond and John Heritage 2017 Schegloff and the founding of a discovering disciplineEnabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter
Wu, Ruey-Jiuan Regina and John Heritage 2017 Particles and epistemics: Convergences and divergences between English and MandarinEnabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 273–297 | Chapter
This chapter examines three particles that have epistemic functions in English and Mandarin: turn-initial‘oh’in English, turn-initial‘ou’in Mandarin, and turn-final‘a’in Mandarin. It is argued that whileouandohconverge in registering a ‘change of state’ of information, orientation or awareness,… read more
Clayman, Steven E. and John Heritage 2014 Benefactors and beneficiaries: Benefactive status and stance in the management of offers and requestsRequesting in Social Interaction, Drew, Paul and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 55–86 | Article
The implementation and ascription of ‘first actions’ has until recently been an understudied area within conversation analysis. Recently, exploratory studies in the domains of epistemics and deontics have led to a revival of interest in this problem. This paper addresses the same issue through the… read more
Heritage, John and Anna Lindström 2012 Chapter 8. Advice giving – terminable and interminable: The case of British health visitorsAdvice in Discourse, Limberg, Holger and Miriam A. Locher (eds.), pp. 169–194 | Chapter
Advice giving is a central feature of many forms of professional-client interaction. This paper looks at advice giving on medical and related matters by British community nurses to first-time mothers of new-borns, in the context of visits to the new mothers’ homes. Current evidence from survey… read more
Heritage, John 2003 1. Presenting Emanuel A. SchegloffDiscussing Conversation Analysis: The work of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Prevignano, Carlo L. and Paul J. Thibault (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter