Structure of Conversation Herb Clark
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Each conversation is a little dance with a start a middle and a conclusion.
Lots of shared knowledge, ritual, and custom.
 
People proceed turn by turn as they reach local agreements on each section and subsection.
 
Adjacency Pairs:  part 1 is a proposal.  part 2 is the expected uptake of the proposal.
 
participants need to coordinate.
 
Pre sequences:  I'd like to ask you something.
 
Pre-invitation:  Man  What r u doin'
    Woman:  nothin,  whats up.
 
 
COMMON GROUND:  from past conversation, joint perceptual exper. and joint membership in cultural communities.
 
Conversations are  orderly increments to common ground.   espec. to the common ground relevant to the
current joint activities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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