Artículo
The interactional ventriloquization of written records in the service of authority
Fecha de publicación:
01/2018
Editorial:
Brill Academic Publishers
Revista:
International Review of Pragmatics
ISSN:
1877-3095
e-ISSN:
1877-3109
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
In this article, we analyze three cases in which subordinates’ oral claims are refuted by superiors who draw on written documents of which the subordinates are the (in)direct authors. In this ventriloquization process (Cooren, 2012), the superiors construct these written documents as facts, which have institutionalized the evidential status of the claims. In particular, we use courtroom data and data from performance appraisal interviews in a medical organization. This comparison revealed that the latter allowed for a more flexible handling of written documents, while the former displayed a much more rigid structure in which the ‘incorporation’ of written records immediately entailed a number of interactionally non-negotiable implications. Overall, it became clear that by drawing on the different ontological status of written records, superiors subject subordinate participants to their authority, as such constituting the organization in the name of which they are acting and which reflexively entitles them to act in this way.
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Van De Mieroop, Dorien; Carranza, Isolda Esmeralda; The interactional ventriloquization of written records in the service of authority; Brill Academic Publishers; International Review of Pragmatics; 10; 1; 1-2018; 1-28
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