Fox-Robles2010
Revision as of 04:00, 25 November 2017 by PaultenHave (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{BibEntry |BibType=ARTICLE |Author(s)=Barbara A. Fox; Jessica S. Robles; |Title= It’s like mmm: Enactments with it’s like |Tag(s)=EMCA; IL; assessment; be like; enact...")
Fox-Robles2010 | |
---|---|
BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Fox-Robles2010 |
Author(s) | Barbara A. Fox, Jessica S. Robles |
Title | It’s like mmm: Enactments with it’s like |
Editor(s) | |
Tag(s) | EMCA, IL, assessment, be like, enactments |
Publisher | |
Year | 2010 |
Language | English |
City | |
Month | |
Journal | Discourse Studies |
Volume | 12 |
Number | 6 |
Pages | 715-738 |
URL | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445610381862 |
ISBN | |
Organization | |
Institution | |
School | |
Type | |
Edition | |
Series | |
Howpublished | |
Book title | |
Chapter |
Abstract
This article explores the distribution and use of a relatively new grammatical format in English, it’s like + enactment. We propose that it’s like utterances are used to enact thoughts, feelings and attitudes which are internal and affect-laden assessments of a prior utterance or event, produced as assessments that anyone in the same situation might have had. As such they tend to occur within stories, typically during the closing of a story. The enactments are often ‘response cries’ (Goffman, 1978) such as oh, mm, wow, and man. Because of the highly indexical nature of this grammatical format, it represents a fascinating site for participants to work out a ‘world known in common’ (Goodwin, personal communication).
Notes