Svennevig2014
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Svennevig2014 |
| Author(s) | Jan Svennevig |
| Title | Direct and indirect self-presentation in first conversations |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, self-presentation |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Journal | Journal of Language and Social Psychology |
| Volume | 33 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 302–327 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/0261927X13512307 |
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Abstract
This article presents a conversation analysis of strategies used by interlocutors in first encounters to solicit and display personal information. It presents a standardized sequence used to elicit personal information, called the self-presentational sequence, consisting of a request for self-presentation, an answer (the self-presentation proper) and a response to the self-presentation. The moves of the sequence may be considered as functionally adapted to establishing an interpersonal relationship by displaying other-attentiveness, claiming common ground, and establishing a relation of cooperativeness. The second part of the article presents a more indirect mode of self-presentation, in which participants provide personal background information as occasioned by the topic under discussion. The article contributes to describing the conversational forms self-presentation takes in authentic conversations and to explaining the relational functions of such forms in light of theories of politeness and relationship management.
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