What is a preannouncement?

Definition
	A preannouncement is a presequence for an announcement of news.
	It consists of a turn in which the announcing participant checks on the newsworthiness of the item, and may also consist of a turn in which the recipient allows or disallows the newsworthiness of the item before beginning a request-acceptance or question-answer sequence to elicit the announcement.

Example (English)

The first turn in the following exchange is a preannouncement:

A: Oh, guess what.

B: What?

A: Professor Deelies put another book on his order.

Adapted from:

Terasaki 1976 36 cited by Levinson 1983 349

Generic
	A preannouncement is a kind of
	What is a presequence?

Concept module: pre-announcement
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
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