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maximally pro-social when they match the prior speaker’s evaluative stance, display empathy,
and/or cooperate with the preference of the prior action” (p. 249).
Although Samuel’ response could have brought the sequence to an end (a sequence-closing third
such as “Okay” may have been interactionally relevant here), Josie then turns to Carly at line 05
and relaunches her pre-introduction sequence. This time, the focus is specifically on Carly, as
indicated by Josie’s embodied action of putting her hand on Carly’s shoulder and directing her
gaze at her. Carly, who up until this point had remained silent, also provides an aligning and
affiliative affirmative response (I think so) that indicates that an introduction sequence is not
required. Lexically, her response may indicate some kind of uncertainty (she utters “I think
so” as opposed to a stronger affirmative response such as “yes”). However, she delivers this line
in preferred design. Preferred design features include the production of utterances “simply and
straightforwardly –without delay, qualification/mitigation, or account” (Pillet-Shore, 2017, p. 4).
Conversely, dispreferred design includes elements such as delay, qualifications/mitigations, and
accounts (p. 4). As can be observed in line 06, Carly’s deliverance occurs straightforwardly,
without hesitation, gaps of silence or delay, and with no accounts. Given this, the other
participants in the interaction, Samuel and Josie, accept her response at face value and do not
see it fit to engage in sequence expansion (which may have indicated some kind of trouble/
unresolved issue). Rather, in line 07, Josie emphasizes Carly’s response (You have?”) before
doing a sequence-closing third (“Okay”). As such, they indicate that there is nothing left to add
to that specific interactional sequence and, in this case, indicate that all issues have been
adequately addressed and resolved. Another way that the participants indicate that all issues
have been resolved can be observed in lines 08-09. At this point, Josie, Samuel, and Carly