“…These tasks are establishing mutual recipiency (via a summons-answer sequence); accomplishing identifications (via identification or recognition sequences), greeting each other (via an exchange of greetings); and when socially appropriate, inquiring into each other's state of being (via an exchange of "howareyous"; Schegloff, 1968Schegloff, , 1986. In addition to the studies that have investigated the accomplishment of these common tasks in English (Coupland, Coupland, & Robinson, 1992;Drew & Chilton, 2000;Hopper, 1989aHopper, , 1989bHopper, Doany, Johnson, & Drummond, 1990Hopper & Drummond, 1992;Jefferson, 1980;Sacks, 1975;Schegloff, 1967Schegloff, , 1968Schegloff, , 1979Schegloff, , 1986Schegloff, , 2002a, there has also been significant interest in how openings vary across cultures (Duranti, 1997;Godard, 1977;Greif & Gleason, 1980;Hopper & Chen, 1996;Hopper & Koleilat-Doany, 1989;Houtkoop-Steenstra, 1991, 2003Knuf, 1989Knuf, -1990Knuf, , 1990Knuf, -1991Lentz, 1997;Lindström, 1994;Sifianou, 1989;Sun, 2004;Taleghani-Nikazm, 2002) and how they get adapted to suit the requirements of particular institutional settings (Clayman, 1991;Heath, 1981;Hutchby, 1996;Robinson, 1998;Whalen & Zimmerman, 1987).…”