Action ascription

We spend most of our lives trying to get things done - and much of those things get done with language. But getting actions done is not always straightforward - and it isn’t about what you intend.
References:
Sacks, H. & Schegloff, E.A. (1973). Opening up closings. Semiotica, 8(4), 289-327.
Sidnell, J. & Enfield, N.J. (2014). The ontology of action, in interaction. In N.J. Enfield, P. Kockelman & J. Sidnell (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology (pp.423-446). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See also:
Levinson, S. (2013). Action formation and ascription. In J. Sidnell & T. Stivers (eds.), The Handbook of Conversation Analysis (pp.103-130). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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