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|Title=Reference recalibration repairs: Adjusting the precision of formulations for the task at hand | |Title=Reference recalibration repairs: Adjusting the precision of formulations for the task at hand | ||
− | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Reference; Repair; | + | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Reference; Repair; |
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+ | |URL=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08351813.2012.674190 | ||
+ | |DOI=10.1080/08351813.2012.674190 | ||
+ | |Abstract=This report examines what is involved when a speaker overtly selects one formulation over another by employing a repair operation that reformulates a reference in a way that adjusts or recalibrates it, rather than abandons the original referent altogether. Focusing primarily on references to persons, we show that, beyond the narrowing of a reference—increasing its precision—that results in an improved fit between a person reference and other components of a turn at talk, these reference recalibration repairs can be used to do such things as meeting the requirements of a story's telling, upgrading the credibility of an information source, and justifying a rejection. This ties speakers' overt concern with calibrating a categorical reference to the formation of action in their turn at talk. By contrast, we then show how broadening a reference—decreasing its precision—can be used as a method for displaying uncertainty and, thereby, recalibrating a reference to fit the manifest knowledge state of the speaker (or a recipient). | ||
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Lerner-etal2012 |
Author(s) | Gene H. Lerner, Galina B. Bolden, Alexa Hepburn, Jenny Mandelbaum |
Title | Reference recalibration repairs: Adjusting the precision of formulations for the task at hand |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Reference, Repair |
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Year | 2012 |
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Journal | Research on Language and Social Interaction |
Volume | 45 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 191–212 |
URL | Link |
DOI | 10.1080/08351813.2012.674190 |
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Abstract
This report examines what is involved when a speaker overtly selects one formulation over another by employing a repair operation that reformulates a reference in a way that adjusts or recalibrates it, rather than abandons the original referent altogether. Focusing primarily on references to persons, we show that, beyond the narrowing of a reference—increasing its precision—that results in an improved fit between a person reference and other components of a turn at talk, these reference recalibration repairs can be used to do such things as meeting the requirements of a story's telling, upgrading the credibility of an information source, and justifying a rejection. This ties speakers' overt concern with calibrating a categorical reference to the formation of action in their turn at talk. By contrast, we then show how broadening a reference—decreasing its precision—can be used as a method for displaying uncertainty and, thereby, recalibrating a reference to fit the manifest knowledge state of the speaker (or a recipient).
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