This article is about instructing and persuading talk in social interaction. Two interactions are examined which revolved around an oral assignment delivered in a seminar session in Matvung, Papua New Guinea. I show how the interaction is achieved collaboratively by the seminar cohort, and how the cohort members assume event‐specific roles in doing so. At the same time they are drawing upon knowledge and practice already learned in the socio‐cultural setting of Matvung day‐to‐day life, resulting in an interplay between longer‐term roles on the one hand and the roles specific to the seminar session on the other.

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遵循指示并尝试说服：在Matvung的研讨会中进行口头作业

本文是关于在社交互动中指导和说服谈话的内容。考察了两个互动，其中围绕在巴布亚新几内亚Matvung的研讨会上进行的口头作业。我将展示研讨会群组如何通过协作实现互动，以及群组成员在此过程中如何承担事件特定的角色。同时，他们利用在Matvung的日常生活中的社会文化背景下已经学到的知识和实践，一方面导致了长期角色与关于研讨会的特定角色之间的相互作用。另一个。