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Turning the tables: objecting to conduct in conflict talk
This article is a Conversation Analytic study of occasions where a speaker formulates what a recipient is doing as something objectionable, thereby delivering an accusation, e.g., “Why you shouting” or “I dunno why you’re being so aggressive.” We call these lexical formulations of what someone has just done conduct formulations. These are: (a) responsive to an ongoing imputation of misconduct or misdemeanor, and (b) produced in response to an upgrade on prior attempts by the recipient to engage the producer of the conduct formulation in aligning with their project. The speaker thereby “turns the tables” on the recipient, challenging the legitimacy of, and thus rendering accountable, his line of action. The response by the recipient involves a downgrade of her prior action and so proposes resetting the terms of engagement on a more conciliatory basis. Data are in English and Italian.
Funding
Collection of the Italian data was funded by the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European’s Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7=2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no 626893.
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- Social Sciences and Humanities
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Research on Language and Social InteractionVolume
53Issue
4Pages
463 - 480Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Research on Language and Social Interaction on 18 Nov 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08351813.2020.1826765.Acceptance date
2020-09-16Publication date
2020-11-18Copyright date
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0835-1813eISSN
1532-7973Publisher version
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- en
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Dr Marco Pino. Deposit date: 16 September 2020Usage metrics
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