Abstract In an effort to explain why we found certain exchanges among colleagues troubling, the current study draws on Sue’s (2010a) microaggressions framework to reveal hidden hierarchies within an academic speech community. We complement Sue’s theoretical framework with empirical, pragmatic approaches to analyzing every-day, unrecorded interactions to both strengthen and refine the microaggressions construct and research agenda. Based on our analyses, which highlight the hierarchical relationships between participants, we propose revising the microaggressions construct to attribute their existence to revelations of (overt and covert) hierarchies, and not marginalization. Where Sue attributes microaggressions to an individual’s or group’s marginalization, our analyses suggest, in fact, that marginalization is the result (rather than the cause) of microaggressions. The analysis and discussion focus on hierarchical relationships common to many university English departments, but parallels can be drawn with other fields, such as language and linguistics programs within larger departments, and thus are relevant beyond a single discipline. We also propose restricting the microaggressions construct to unintentional slights and snubs (rather than both intentional and unintentional as in Sue’s framework), since part of what makes microaggressions so troubling is their unexpected appearance in conversations and friendly discussions among colleagues.

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微攻击作为言语行为：使用语用学为微攻击定义和制定研究议程

摘要为了解释为什么我们发现同事之间的某些麻烦事，本研究利用了Sue（2010a）的微攻击框架来揭示学术演讲社区中的隐藏层次结构。我们用经验，务实的方法来补充Sue的理论框架，以分析每天未记录的相互作用，从而加强和完善微攻击的构建和研究议程。基于强调参与者之间等级关系的分析，我们建议修改微攻击的构造，以将其存在归因于（显性和隐性）层次结构的揭示，而不是边缘化。苏将微侵略归因于个人或群体的边缘化，但我们的分析表明，边缘化是微侵略的结果（而不是原因）。分析和讨论的重点是许多大学英语系通用的层次关系，但是可以与其他领域（例如较大的系中的语言和语言学课程）相提并论，因此与单个学科无关。我们还建议将微攻击的构造限制为无意的轻敲和冷落（而不是像Sue的框架中那样是有意和无意的），因为使微攻击如此令人困扰的部分是它们在同事之间的对话和友好讨论中的意外出现。例如较大部门的语言和语言学课程，因此与单个学科无关。我们还建议将微攻击的构造限制为无意的轻敲和冷落（而不是像Sue的框架中那样是有意和无意的），因为使微攻击如此令人困扰的部分是它们在同事之间的对话和友好讨论中的意外出现。例如较大部门的语言和语言学课程，因此与单个学科无关。我们还建议将微攻击的构造限制为无意的轻敲和冷落（而不是像Sue的框架中那样是有意和无意的），因为使微攻击如此令人困扰的部分是它们在同事之间的对话和友好讨论中的意外出现。