Wong2021a
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Wong2021a |
| Author(s) | Jean Wong |
| Title | Our Storied Lives: Doing and Finding Friendship I |
| Editor(s) | Jean Wong, Hansun Zhang Waring |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Storytelling, Friendship |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| City | New York |
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| Pages | 21–40 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429029240-4 |
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| Book title | Storytelling in Multilingual Interaction: A Conversation Analysis Perspective |
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Abstract
This chapter, the first of a two-part sequel, uses conversation analysis (CA) to examine the storytelling practices of an L2 user of English who tells a same story to two different L1 speakers of English in two different phone calls. The form and shape of each story rewinds and replays in different ways. In one episode, the L2 user is a lively storyteller, but in another episode the L2 user is not although it is the same story that she has to tell about childbirth. The critical role of the story recipient in the co-construction of the story is highlighted. Findings reveal that alignment and affiliation are separable matters, though in L1/English storytelling they tend to co-occur. The study shows how participants find friendship in the stories they recount to one another, doing the closeness or distance between them. Implications are linked with CA’s foundational principle of recipient design. A recommendation is also made to view L2 interactional competence as a variable phenomenon.
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