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problematic. Indeed, she first uses an unclear reference (una cosa di quelle lì
[‘one of those things there’], l. 1) and then cuts off her following turn right
after having repeated the definite article la [‘the’] (l. 3) that most likely would
have been followed by a noun. Teresa thus produces a first pair part (che cosa?
[‘what?’] literally ‘what thing’, l. 5) explicitly orienting towards obtaining a
clarification of the ‘thing’ Maria is talking about. As this conversation is
being carried out, Maria and Teresa check out the products that are present
in the shelves around them.
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So, while verbally exhibiting a common engage-
ment ...