This collection showcases cutting-edge developments in co-construction
in discourse. Drawing on the pioneering work of Dale A. Koike, the
volume contributes new understandings of how speakers jointly negotiate
meanings, contexts, identities, and social positions in interaction.
The volume is organized around three key themes in
co-construction--co-constructed discourse, pragmatics in discourse, and
teaching and assessment of discourse--and builds on the introductory
chapter that situates the discussion on context and co-construction as
fundamental to understanding meaning-making in interaction. Drawing on
interdisciplinary perspectives across strands of linguistics and
education, chapters explore both the contextual elements that frame
co-construction processes and the distinct dynamics between action and
language use across a wide range of interactional contexts, including
sports commentary, interviews, everyday conversation, classroom
discourse, and digitally mediated settings. Taken together, the book
highlights the impact of Koike's contributions on existing research in
pragmatics and discourse and exhibits the potential for her work to
frame scholarship on emerging interactional contexts.
This volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers
in discourse studies, pragmatics, applied linguistics, second language
studies, and language education, as well as those interested in
interaction across diverse contexts.
