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Pragmatic marker use in police interviews: The case of I mean and you know (Part 1)

Data publikacji: 17.10.2014

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2014, Volume 131, Issue 3, s. 287 - 297

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.14.017.2325

Autorzy

Magdalena Szczyrbak
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-0938 Orcid
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Tytuły

Pragmatic marker use in police interviews: The case of I mean and you know (Part 1)

Abstrakt

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.

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Informacje: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2014, Volume 131, Issue 3, s. 287 - 297

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Pragmatic marker use in police interviews: The case of I mean and you know (Part 1)

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Pragmatic marker use in police interviews: The case of I mean and you know (Part 1)

Autorzy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-0938

Magdalena Szczyrbak
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-0938 Orcid
Wszystkie publikacje autora →

Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków

Publikacja: 17.10.2014

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: Żadna

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