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In sum, excerpt 4 provides further evidence for how passengers can show
that they are monitoring the driving activity, have noticed something, and
voice their noticing through a directive. It also shows how the passenger’s
directive is jointly understood to require a verbal response, but in addition
to this, also to require a mobile action – a turn-at-the-exit – in the projected
near future. The analysis also shows that these mobile requirements are
reflected in the grammatical design and production of talk.
Similarly with excerpts 1, 3 and 4 above, excerpt 5 is an example in which