Why that now?” two kinds of conversational meaningFootnote∗

I would like to thank the following persons for their aid and comments on an earlier draft of this paper: Stephen Boggs, Charles Goodwin, Alan Howard, Patricia Lee, Anatole Lyovin, and Michael Moerman. Most especially, I would like to thank Emanuel Schegloff. This paper, in its present form, is a direct outcome of my conversations with him, although the opinions expressed herein are my own.

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