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Preinvitation

Preinvitation

A preinvitation is a presequence that is likely to be understood by the respondent as a signal of a coming invitation. The coming invitation may be a question-answer sequence concerning the availability of the participant to be invited.

The second and third turns of the following exchange are a preinvitation:

  • A: Hi, John.
  • B: Say, what’re you doing?
  • A: Well we’re going out. Why?
  • B: Oh, I was just gonna say come over here this evening.
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Source: Levinson 1983

Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.

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Source: Atkinson and Drew 1979

Atkinson, J. Maxwell, and Paul Drew. 1979.Order in court. Oxford Socio-Legal Studies. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities.

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