ABSTRACT

Conversation analysis is used in investigating the interactional uses of loosely portrayed speech in interaction. This device combines elements of direct and indirect portrayal, conveying some fidelity to an original while, at the same time, indicating that it is not verbatim enactment of specific utterances. The instances in the current collection are in English, deriving from informal interaction, mainly telephone calls recorded in the UK and USA. They occur in complaints about a third party, recurrently by portraying the reported speaker’s criticisms of the current speaker. The reported speaker is depicted as making multiple criticisms, which adds to the reprehensible nature of their actions. By constructing the reported speaker’s actions, and, at the same time, indicating the stance of the current speaker toward them, the complained-about speaker’s behavior is portrayed as infringing the moral order and therefore the complaint as legitimate. Data are in British and American English.

摘要

会话分析用于调查交互中松散描述的语音的交互用途。这种装置结合了直接和间接描绘的元素，传达了对原作的某种忠诚，同时表明它不是对特定话语的逐字执行。当前集合中的实例为英语，源自非正式互动，主要是在英国和美国录制的电话。它们出现在对第三方的投诉中，通过描述被报告的演讲者对当前演讲者的批评而反复出现。被报道的发言人被描述为提出多项批评，这增加了他们行为的应受谴责性质。通过构建被报告的说话者的动作，同时表明当前说话者对他们的立场，被投诉者的行为被描述为违反道德秩序，因此投诉是合法的。数据为英式和美式英语。