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Part 1 Introduction: interaction and grammar; the adoption of"conversation analysis"; studies of Japanese spoken discourse; controversiesin cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies; objectives. Part 2 Overviewof the data: the data; "opinion-negotiation" sequences. Part 3 Connectiveexpressions in Japanese: connectives and connective particles; connectives as"discourse markers"; "subordinate" clauses marked by a connective particle;connective expressions in talk-in-interaction. Part 4 Delivery of agreement:the role of timing in initiating an agreement; providing support for theprior speaker - "causal" markers; summary. Part 5 Delivery of disagreement:delaying the delivery of disagreement; issuing disagreement - "contrastive"markers; providing an "account" for disagreement - "causal" markers; summary.Part 6 Pursuit of agreement: qualifying one's own assertion - "contrastive"markers; clarifying or elaborating prior utterance - "causal" markers;summary. Part 7 Conclusion: analysis of interactional practices; structuresof a language and structures of social interaction.