Waring2007a
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Waring2007a |
Author(s) | Hansun Zhang Waring |
Title | The multi-functionality of accounts in advice giving |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Accounts, advice giving, conversation analysis, face threats, managing resistance |
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Year | 2007 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Sociolinguistics |
Volume | 11 |
Number | 3 |
Pages | 367–391 |
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2007.00328.x |
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Abstract
Accounts have traditionally been understood as explanations designed to exonerate the speaker from an untoward act (e.g. account for lateness) (Scott and Lyman 1968). In this paper, I examine the use of accounts in advice giving, adopting a broader view of accounts as the reasoning provided to bolster the viability of the advice. The data set consists of 15 graduate peer tutoring sessions and a total of 143 advising sequences collected over a period of four years. Using the methodology of conversation analysis, I show that besides their remedial utility of ‘repairing the broken,’ accounts can also be used proactively to validate and promote a current agenda. In particular, I argue for the multi-functionality of accounts in addressing face threats, managing resistance, and doing pedagogy
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