Gail
Jefferson's
Publications
Jefferson, Gail (1972)
Side sequences.
In D.N. Sudnow (Ed.) Studies in social interaction (pp.294-33).
New York, NY: Free Press.
Jefferson, Gail (1973)
A case of precision timing in ordinary conversation: Overlapped tag-positioned address terms in closing sequences.
Semiotica, 9(1), 47-96.
Jefferson, Gail (1974)
Error correction as an interactional resource.
Language in Society, 3(2), 181-199.
Jefferson, Gail (1978)
Sequential aspects of storytelling in conversation.
In J. Schenkein (Ed.) Studies in the organization of conversational
interaction
(pp.219-248). New York, NY: Academic Press.
Jefferson, Gail (1978)
What's in a 'nyem'? Sociology, 12(1), 135-139.
Jefferson, Gail (1979)
A technique for inviting laughter and its subsequent
acceptance/declination. In G. Psathas (Ed.) Everyday language: Studies
in ethnomethodology
(pp.79-96). New York, NY: Irvington Publishers.
Jefferson, Gail (1980)
On 'trouble-premonitory' response to inquiry.
Sociological Inquiry, 50(3/4),
153-185.
Jefferson, Gail (1981)
The abominable 'ne?' An exploration of post-response pursuit of response.
In P. Shroder (Hrsg.) Sprache der gegenwaart (pp.53-88). Düsseldorf. BRD: Pedagogischer Verlag Schwann. [Expanded Version
in Manchester Sociology Occasional Papers
(1981). No. 6, 1-82.]
Jefferson, Gail (1983)
On a Failed Hypothesis: 'Conjunctionals' as Overlap-Vulnerable. Tilburg Papers
in Language and Literature,
No. 28, 1-33. Tilburg: Tilburg University.
Jefferson, Gail (1983)
Issues in the Transcription of Naturally-Occurring
Talk: Caricature versus Capturing Pronunciational Particulars. Tilburg
Papers in Languge and Literature,
No. 34, 1-12. Tilburg: Tilburg University.
Jefferson, Gail (1983)
Another Failed Hypothesis: Pitch/Loudness as Relevant to
Overlap Resolution. Tilburg Papers in Language and Literature, No. 38, 1-24. Tilburg: Tilburg
University.
Jefferson, Gail (1984)
Notes on some orderlinesses of overlap onset.
In V. D'Urso and P. Leonardi (Eds.) Discoure analysis and natural rhetoric ((pp. 11-38). Padua, Italy: Cleup
Editore.
Jefferson, Gail (1984)
On stepwise transition from talk about a trouble to
inappropriately next-positioned matters. In J.M. Atkinson and J.C. Heritage
(Eds.) Structures of social action: Studies of conversation analysis (pp. 191-222).Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Jefferson, Gail (1984)
On the organization of laughter in talk about troubles. In J.M. Atkinson and
J.C. Heritage (Eds.) Structures
of social action: Studies in conversation analysis (pp.346-369). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Jefferson, Gail (1984)
Notes on a systematic Deployment of the Acknowledgement tokens 'Yeah' and 'Mmhm'. Paper in Linguistics, 17(2), 197-216.
Jefferson, Gail (1985)
On the interactional unpackaging of a 'gloss'. Language in Society, 14, 435-466.
Jefferson, Gail (1985) An exercise in
the transcription and analysis of laughter. In T. Van Dijk (Ed.)
Handbook of discourse
analysis, Vol. 3: Discourse
and dialogue
(pp.25-34).London, UK: Academic Press.
Jefferson, Gail (1986)
Notes on 'latency' in overlap onset. Human
Studies, 9(2/3),
153-183.
Jefferson, Gail (1987)
On exposed and embedded correction in conversation.
in G. Button and J.R.E. Lee (Eds.) Talk and social organization
(pp. 86-100) Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. [Originally in Studium Linquistik, (1983) vol. 14, 58-68.]
Jefferson, Gail (1988)
On the sequential organization of troubles talk in
ordinary conversation. Social Problems, 35(4), 418-442.
Jefferson, Gail (1988)
Notes on a possible metric which provides for a 'standard maximum' silence of approximately one second in conversation .
In D. Roger and P. Bull (Eds.) Conversation: An interdisciplinary perspective.
Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters. [Expanded version in Tilburg Papers in Language and Literature,
No. 42, 1-83 (1983).]
Jefferson, Gail (1989)
Letter to the Editor Re: Anita Pomerantz' Epilogue to the Special Issue on Sequential Organization of Conversational Activities, Spring Issue . Western Journal of Speech Communication, 53(Fall), 427-429.
Jefferson, Gail (1991)
List construction as a task and resource.
In G. Psathas (Ed.) Interactional competence (pp. 63-92). New York, NY: Irvington
Publishers.
Jefferson, Gail (1993)
Caveat speaker: Preliminary notes on recipient topic-shift implicature.
Research on Language and Social Interaction, 26(1),
1-30.
Jefferson, Gail (1996)
On the Poetics of ordinary talk. Text and
Performance Quarterly, 16(1),
1-61.
Jefferson, Gail (1996)
A case of transcriptional
stereotyping. Journal of Pragmatics, 26(2), 159-170.
Jefferson, Gail (2002)
Is 'no' an acknowledgment token? Comparing American
and British uses of (+)/(-) tokens. Journal of Pragmatics, 34, 1345-1383.
Jefferson, Gail (2003)
A note on resolving ambiguity. In
Phillip J. Glenn, Curtis D. LeBaron, and Jenny Mandelbaum (Eds.) Studies in
Language and Social Interaction
(pp.221-240). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Jefferson, Gail (2004)
A note on laughter in
'male-female'
interaction. Discourse Studies, 6(1), 117-133.
Jefferson, Gail (2004)
Glossary of transcript symbols with an Introduction.
In G. H. Lerner (Ed.) Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first
generation (pp. 13-23).
Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Jefferson, Gail (2004)
A sketch of some orderly aspects of overlap in natural conversation (1975). In
G. H. Lerner (Ed.) Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first
generation (pp.43-59).
Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Jefferson, Gail (2004)
'At first I thought' A normalizing device for
extraordinary events. In G. H. Lerner (Ed.) Conversation Analysis:
Studies from the first generation
(pp.131-167). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Jefferson, Gail (2007)
Preliminary notes on abdicated other-correction. Journal of Pragmatics, 39, 445-461.
Jefferson, Gail (2010)
Sometimes a frog in your throat is just a frog in your throat: Gutturals as (sometimes) laughter-implicative. Journal of Pragmatics 42, 1476-1484.
Co-authored publications
(1974) with Sacks, H., and Schegloff, E.A. A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation.
Language, 50 (4), 696-735. [
Authors' Original Version in Schenkein, J. (ed) (1978). Studies in the organization of conversational interaction, pp.7-55.
New York, NY: Academic Press.]
(1977)
with Schegloff, E.A., and Sacks, H. (1977). The preference
for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation. Language 53: 361-82.
(1978)
with J.N. Schenkein.
Some sequential negotiations in conversation: Unexpanded and expanded versions of projected action sequences.
Sociology, 11(1). 87-103. [Reprinted in J.N. Schenkein (Ed.) (1978) Studies
in the Organization of Conversational Interaction. New York: Academic Press (pp.155-172).]
(1981)
with John R.E. Lee. The rejection of advice:
Managing the problematic convergence of a 'troubles-telling' and
a 'service
encounter'. Journal of Pragmatics, 5(5), 399-422. [Reprinted in Paul Drew and
John Heritage (Eds.) Talk at Work.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press (1992) (pp. 521-548).]
(1987) with H. Sacks and E.A. Schegloff.
Notes on Laughter in the Pursuit of Intimacy.
In Graham Button and John R.E. Lee (Eds.) Talk and social Organisation. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters
(pp.152-205). [Expanded version
(1977)
Preliminary notes on the sequential organization of laughter. Pragmatics
Microfiche. Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Department of Linguistics.]
Social Science Research Council: End of Grant Reports (1980-1981)
(1980)
with John R.E. Lee.
On the sequential organization of troubles-talk in ordinary conversation.
End of grant report to the (British) Social Science Research Council on the analysis of conversations in which 'troubles' and 'anxieties' are expressed. (Ref. HR
4802). [Awarded to G Jefferson and J.R.E. Lee, University of Manchester, Oct. 78-Sept. 30. 1980].
Jefferson, Gail. (1981)
"Caveat Speaker": A preliminary exploration of shift-implicative recipiency in the articulation of topic.
End of grant report to the (British) Social Science Research Council on the articulation of topic in conversation.
TILL PAPERS (1983)
(Subsequent
publication indicated in grey)
TILL28:
Two Explorations of the Organization of Overlapping Talk in Conversation:
Notes on Some Orderlinesses of Overlap Onset.
See
(1984) Notes on some orderlinesses of overlap onset. In V. D'Urso and P.
Leonardi (Eds.) Discoure analysis and natural rhetoric ((pp. 11-38). Padua, Italy: Cleup Editore.
On a Failed Hypothesis: 'Conjunctionals' as Overlap-Vulnerable
TILL29:
On the Interactional Unpackaging of a Gloss. See (1985) On the
interactional unpackaging of a 'gloss'. Language in Society, 14, 435-466.
TILL30:
Two Papers on 'Transitory Recipientship'
Caveat Speaker: Preliminary Notes on Recipient Topic-Shift
Implicature. See (1993) Caveat speaker:
Preliminary notes on recipient topic-shift implicature. Research on Language
and Social Interaction, 26(1), 1-30.
Notes on a systematic Deployment of the
Acknowledgement tokens 'Yeah' and 'Mmhm'. See (1985) Notes on a systematic deployment of the
acknowledgement tokens 'yeah' and 'mmhm'. Papers in Linguistics, 17(2), 197-216.
TILL35: An Exercise in
the Transcription and Analysis of Laughter. See (1985) An
exercise in the transcription and analysis of laughter. In T. Van Dijk (Ed.) Handbook
of discourse analysis, Vol. 3: Discourse
and dialogue (pp.25-34).London, UK:
Academic Press.
TILL38: Another Failed
Hypothesis: Pitch/Loudness as Relevant to Overlap Resolution
TILL42: Notes on a
Possible Metric Which Provides for a 'Standard
Maximum' Silence of Approximately One
Second in Conversation [Appendix] See (1988) Notes
on a possible metric which provides for a 'standard
maximum' silence of approximately one
second in conversation. In D. Roger and P. Bull (Eds. Conversation; An
interdisciplinary pespective.
Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.