Tadic2024

Tadic2024
BibType	ARTICLE
Key	Tadic2024
Author(s)	Nadja Tadic
Title	Preference organization and possible -isms in institutional interaction: The case of adult second language classrooms
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Tag(s)	EMCA, isms, racism, classism, sexism, preference organization, preference, MCA, Membership Categorization
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Year	2024
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Journal	Language in Society
Volume	53
Number	2
Pages	211–237
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DOI	10.1017/S0047404523000015
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This study examines preference organization in adult second language classrooms in relation to possible -isms—utterances which are hearably racist, classist, (hetero)sexist, or otherwise exclusionary, although their exclusionary nature may be (re)negotiated in situ. A collection of sixty-one possible -isms from a corpus of fifty-five hours of video-recorded English second language classes was examined using conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis. The analysis shows that participants orient to solidarity by supporting -isms, progressivity by deleting -isms, and moral accountability by challenging -isms; however, participants prioritize solidarity, enacting it early, even in cases of deletion and challenges. I argue that this preference organization is rooted in the institutional roles and objectives of adult second language classrooms, where presumably competent members of diverse cultures aim to foster an environment for active participation. Findings underscore the importance of conducting microanalyses of talk-in-interaction to uncover structural constraints which facilitate the reproduction of systemic exclusion. (-isms, preference, conversation analysis, membership categorization analysis, classroom interaction, exclusion in interaction)*

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