Fasulo2002b

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Fasulo2002b
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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