Fasulo2002b
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Fasulo2002b |
| Author(s) | Alessandra Fasulo, Cristina Zucchermaglio |
| Title | My selves and I: Identity markers in work meeting talk |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Identity, Workplace, Pronouns, Italian, Iconicity, Mitigation |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Journal | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 9 |
| Pages | 1119–1144 |
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| DOI | 10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00051-0 |
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Abstract
This paper is concerned with the indexical meaning of the pronoun ‘I’, in its marked use, in Italian work-meeting conversation. The hypothesis driving the study is that, in a context in which situated identities are manifold, marking the pronoun is a device to highlight the most official of one's selves, thus changing the status of the utterance containing the marker. A typology of I-marked utterances is presented and the relative frequency of use is shown to vary with the organizational role of the participants. Detailed analysis of epistemic and performative I-marked utterances shows how role-identities are variously manipulated and mitigated through conversational devices such as self-repair, word delay, and metaphorical work. The discussion highlights how indexical meaning is a property of situated conversational practices and how marked pronouns can foreground selected identities in the cluster of selves that members of a work group can present to each other.
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