Stevanovic, Deontic Rights in Interaction - A Conversation Analytic Study on Authority and Cooperation

The study considers deontic rights from two different angles. First, it describes how participants in interaction may claim-or mitigate their claims of-deontic rights by virtue of their overt behavior, as they implicitly negotiate the purpose and agenda of their joint interaction, discuss future actions, and make decisions about them. Second, it discusses the ways in which participants may deploy their deontic rights as interactional resources, as they design their communicative actions so as...