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Participation, procedure and accountability : 'you said' speech markers in negotiating reports of ambiguous phenomena. / Wooffitt, Robin; Allistone, Simon.
In: Discourse Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 06.2008, p. 407-427.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Participation, procedure and accountability
T2 - 'you said' speech markers in negotiating reports of ambiguous phenomena
AU - Wooffitt, Robin
AU - Allistone, Simon
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - In this article we study how reported speech markers are used as procedural resources in a laboratory based parapsychology experiment to investigate forms of anomalous communication, such as extrasensory perception. In particular, we focus on how specific activities in a key part of the experiment are mediated by the use of 'you said' formulations which project that whatever is said next is a paraphrase or a verbatim report of what the recipient had said earlier. We identify two uses of reported speech markers. First, they are used in utterances that initiate some form of repair, such as correction or clarification. Second, they cluster in sequential locations that mark, after a temporary suspension, the resumption of key activities in the experiment. In this we hope to contribute to the study of the institutional properties of reported speech. We conclude by discussing the ways in which broader cultural understandings of the inferential force of 'you said' formulations inform their use in this institutional setting, and reflecting on the significance of these findings for parapsychological investigation of anomalous communication in this setting.
AB - In this article we study how reported speech markers are used as procedural resources in a laboratory based parapsychology experiment to investigate forms of anomalous communication, such as extrasensory perception. In particular, we focus on how specific activities in a key part of the experiment are mediated by the use of 'you said' formulations which project that whatever is said next is a paraphrase or a verbatim report of what the recipient had said earlier. We identify two uses of reported speech markers. First, they are used in utterances that initiate some form of repair, such as correction or clarification. Second, they cluster in sequential locations that mark, after a temporary suspension, the resumption of key activities in the experiment. In this we hope to contribute to the study of the institutional properties of reported speech. We conclude by discussing the ways in which broader cultural understandings of the inferential force of 'you said' formulations inform their use in this institutional setting, and reflecting on the significance of these findings for parapsychological investigation of anomalous communication in this setting.
KW - conversation analysis
KW - experimenter-subject interaction
KW - parapsychology
KW - reported speech
KW - GANZFELD RESEARCH CONTINUE
KW - DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS
KW - REPLICABLE EVIDENCE
KW - PSI
KW - CONVERSATION
KW - PARAPSYCHOLOGY
KW - ORGANIZATION
KW - COMMUNICATION
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - SEARCH
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=43949131814&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1461445608090225
DO - 10.1177/1461445608090225
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 407
EP - 427
JO - Discourse Studies
JF - Discourse Studies
SN - 1461-4456
IS - 3
ER -