This Work Analyses Requests For Action On The Basis Of Natural Video-recorded Data Of Everyday Interaction In British English And Polish Families. Jorg Zinken Describes In His Analyses The Features Of Interactional Context That People Across Cultures Might Be Sensitive To In Designing A Request, As Well As Aspects Of Cultural Diversity. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Language And The Morality Of Requesting -- 1. Studying Language And Mind In Action -- 2. Requesting, Responsiveness, And Responsibility -- Pt. Ii Context, Grammar, And The Design Of Action -- 3. Nudging And Appealing: Two Imperative Actions For Requesting -- 4. The Comparability Of Social Actions Across Languages -- 5. Two Forms Of Responsibility: Contribution And Assistance -- Pt. Iii Language-specific Grammar For Culture-specific Actions -- 6. Building Occasions For Another's Initiative: The Impersonal Deontic Declarative Trzeba X (it Is Necessary To X) -- 7. Calling Another To Social Reason: The Double Imperative Wez-v2 (take-v2) -- 8. Directing Animation Of Pre-authored Actions: Imperatives In Imperfective Aspect -- Pt. Iv Requesting, Action Formation, And The Reality Of Culture -- 9. Conclusion. Jörg Zinken. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.