Speaker Self-Reference Repairs on Indexicals in Direct Reported Speech
| Panel: | P68 - Repairing Indexical Formulations: An Experiment in Big Team CA Research |
| Author: | Hepburn, Alexa |
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| In English, speaker self-reference is usually accomplished via dedicated indexicals (e.g. I, me, my, Schegloff, 1996). Compared with other forms of person reference, self-reference is rarely targeted as a trouble source. When it is, it is usually in direct reported speech (DRS), where self-reference terms are used as if from the point of view of the reported speaker (Holt, 1996). In DRS self-reference can be done using forms usually associated with third person reference: a name (e.g. the speaker self-reference Lesley Ex 1); a description (this woman Ex 2); or a third person indexical (her Ex 3). 1. Les: She said .hh Oh I thought Lesley had given me the:se 2. Zoe: She phoned up ‘n said I want this woman loo:ked at. 3. Mau: she said I’m sick of listening to ‘er goin’ on. Meanin’ me:. Self-reference in DRS can be a trouble source for recipients (displayed by other-initiated repair) & for speakers (e.g. self-repair 'meaning me' in 3). Previous research (Holt, 1996) has shown that DRS occurs a) in environments where speakers seek alignment & b) to substantiate & justify assessments & complaints. Our findings extend this by showing that speakers persist in using self-reference indexicals in DRS even after recipients have displayed trouble in underst&ing. We discuss the implications of these findings for the operation of preferences in word selection, the role of indexicality in interaction & the availability of repair as a resource in designing talk. Co-Authors: Rebecca Shaw, Celia Kitzinger & the iRepair team |
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