Vincent-etal2007

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Vincent-etal2007
BibType ARTICLE
Key Vincent-etal2007
Author(s) Diane Vincent, Marty Laforest, Annie Bergeron
Title Lies, rebukes and social norms: on the unspeakable in interactions with health-care professionals
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Tag(s) EMCA, behavioural norms, health-care professional/client interaction, language at work, lying
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Year 2007
Language English
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Journal Discourse Studies
Volume 9
Number 2
Pages 226–245
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DOI 10.1177/1461445607075349
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Abstract

Reflecting upon the lies that are tied to rebukes is a fundamental step in the analysis of interactions between health-care professionals and their clients. Our research focuses on questions that incite people to lie, namely, those for which a lying response avoids a rebuke or a judgment based on some type of behaviour. Our objectives are: 1) to characterize the `question/response' exchange that is interpreted as a `potential rebuke/ lie' exchange, and the questions that may induce lying; 2) to identify the strategies that health-care professionals implement in order to obtain the information they seek when questioning their clients; and 3) to identify themes that refer to behavioural norms that clients might be inclined to lie about. The results are based on the assumption that there are ties between behaviour and speech acts, in this case between the transgression of behavioural norms and lying.

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