@article{9cefd27a-5f14-435c-99a3-d7cba484cee8,
author = {Magdalena Szczyrbak},
title = {Pragmatic marker use in police interviews: The case of I mean and you know (Part 1)},
journal = {Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis},
volume = {2014},
number = {Volume 131, Issue 3},
year = {2014},
issn = {1897-1059},
pages = {287-297},keywords = {comment clauses; police interview discourse; power relations; pragmatic markers},
abstract = {Drawing on interactional approaches to comment clauses (Stenström 1994; Povolná 2010), the paper reveals the discourse functions of I mean (Part 1) and you know (Part 2) in the context of police interviews. More specifically, taking into account the socio-pragmatic setting of police-suspect interaction, it highlights the context-dependence and the multifunctionality of these markers based on data from two police interview transcripts. Thus, following the spirit of the study by Fox Tree and Schrock (2002), Part 1 of the analysis demonstrates that while the primary role of I mean is that of “forewarning upcoming adjustments” (Schiffrin 1987), the marker performs interpersonal, turn management, repairing, monitoring and organizing functions. This being the case, the study examines the potential of I meanm to modify the ongoing interaction and stresses its contribution to the coherence of the interviewees’ narratives. Attention is also drawn to the syntactic environment in which I mean occurs as well as to listener responses to I mean and I mean-introduced ideas. Finally, the discussion touches upon the issue of power relations and shows the role which I mean plays in the linguistic manifestation of power in an institutional setting.},
doi = {10.4467/20834624SL.14.017.2325},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/pragmatic-marker-use-in-police-interviews-the-case-of-i-mean-and-you-know-part-1}
}