Clift, Rebecca and Pino, Marco (2020) 'Turning the Tables: Objecting to Conduct in Conflict Talk.' Research on Language and Social Interaction, 53 (4). pp. 463-480. ISSN 0835-1813

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Abstract

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: 1) responsive to an ongoing imputation of misconduct or misdemeanour; and 2) 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, their line of action. The response by the recipient involves a downgrade of their prior action, and so proposes resetting the terms of engagement on a more conciliatory basis. Data are in English and Italian.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of
SWORD Depositor:	Elements
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2020 13:24
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2022 12:26
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/28709

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