Abstract

Drawing on such aspects of discourse as preference organization, turn-taking behavior, and forms of cohesion between turns during interpersonal conflict episodes, this paper presents a definition of interpersonal conflict sequences on the micro- and macro level of discourse organization. Based on this definition the sequential placement, the internal structure, and cohesive ties between different forms of disagreements in conflict sequences are investigated and two main structural types of disagreeing utterances-overt and pragmatic disagreements-are discussed. In closing, the structural properties of conflict talk are viewed in the broader context of studies in which 'aberrations'from the classical CA-model of turn-taking were found. It is proposed that these aberrations' can be explained by taking into account differing degrees of cooperativeness and involvement between participants.

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