Fox-Robles2010
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Fox-Robles2010 |
| Author(s) | Barbara A. Fox, Jessica S. Robles |
| Title | It’s like mmm: enactments with it’s like |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, IL, assessment, be like, enactments |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Discourse Studies |
| Volume | 12 |
| Number | 6 |
| Pages | 715–738 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461445610381862 |
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Abstract
This article explores the distribution and use of a relatively new grammatical format in English, it’s like + enactment. We propose that it’s like utterances are used to enact thoughts, feelings and attitudes which are internal and affect-laden assessments of a prior utterance or event, produced as assessments that anyone in the same situation might have had. As such they tend to occur within stories, typically during the closing of a story. The enactments are often ‘response cries’ (Goffman, 1978) such as oh, mm, wow, and man. Because of the highly indexical nature of this grammatical format, it represents a fascinating site for participants to work out a ‘world known in common’ (Goodwin, personal communication).
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