Preliminaries to Preliminaries: “Can I Ask You a Question?”Emanuel A. Schegloff1980-07-01articleSociological Inquiry692 citationsclosedNo readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSurvey Methodology and NonresponseQualitative Research Methods and EthicsAbstractNo abstract was published for this record.Citations in this libraryStored only when both papers are in the corpus — 692 citations exist upstream.References1974A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation1974A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation1979Central Problems in Social Theory1973Opening up Closings1938The Structure of Social Action1968Sequencing in Conversational Openings 11979Everyday Language: Studies in Ethnomethodology1972Studies in Social InteractionCited by1988Ethnomethodology: A Critical Review2005Speaking as a Lesbian: Correcting the Heterosexist Presumption2015Grammar in Everyday Talk: Building Responsive Actions1999Phrasal Unit Boundaries and Organization of Turns and Sequences in Korean Conversation2008`Did you have permission to smash your neighbour's door?' Silly questions and their answers in police—suspect interrogations2003Hugh Mehan’s Learning Lessons Reconsidered: On the Differences Between the Naturalistic and Critical Analysis of Classroom Discourse1990Intention, meaning and strategy: Observations on constraints on interaction analysis2009Locating cognition in second language interaction and learning: Inside the skull or in public view?