The paper examines the discursive construction of dream reports. Based on a discursive constructionist approach, the study reviews problematic aspects of constructing dream narratives. Particularly, dream-tellers need to display the external character of their reports and to demonstrate that – although in their dreams they saw and did strange things – they are normal and reliable agents. Subsequently, particular ways in which people report on unrealistic content of their dreams are explored. For this purpose, the use of normalizing devices in dream reports published on dream-sharing websites is analyzed. The study demonstrates that several normalizing devices, including contrast structures and two-part structures – such as ‘At first I thought X. . . but then I realized Y’ and ‘I was just doing X… when Y’ – are employed in dream reports. The study also suggests that the proper use of these devices might possibly contribute to the trustworthiness of dream reports in everyday interaction.

本文考察了梦想报告的话语结构。该研究以一种话语建构主义的方法为基础，对建构梦境叙事的有问题的方面进行了回顾。尤其是，做梦的人需要表现出他们报告的外在特征，并证明他们是梦normal以求的人，尽管他们在梦中看到并做过奇怪的事情。随后，探索了人们报告梦想中不切实际的内容的特定方式。为此，分析了在共享梦想的网站上发布的梦想报告中使用规范化设备的情况。研究表明，有几种归一化设备，包括对比结构和两部分结构-例如“起初我以为X。。但是后来我意识到Y'和'我只是在做X…当Y'–被用在梦想报告中。