Antaki2001

From emcawiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Antaki2001
BibType ARTICLE
Key Antaki2001
Author(s) Charles Antaki
Title “D’you like a drink?” Dissembling language and the construction of an impoverished life
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA
Publisher
Year 2001
Language
City
Month
Journal Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Volume 20
Number 1-2
Pages 196–213
URL Link
DOI 10.1177/0261927X01020001009
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

Peter Robinson’s abiding interests in language, the categorization of persons, and the use and abuse of truth motivate this study of interviewer practice. Using data from a psychological assessment interview, the author makes the argument that when interviewers edit scripts, they do so in ways that make plain their understandings of their respondent, and so demonstrate (and perhaps construct) a certain image of the individual in front of them. When there is a mismatch between the demands of the official script and the perceived situation of the respondent, this may result in the person being constructed as a social incompetent.

Notes