In:Interactional Studies of Qualitative Research Interviews:
Edited by Kathryn Roulston
[Not in series 220] 2019
► pp. 181–200
Chapter 8“But you’re gonna ask me questions, right?”
Interactional frame and “for-the-record” orientation in language biography interviews
Published online: 25 March 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.220.08ver
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.220.08ver
Abstract
By adopting a “social practice” perspective of qualitative interviews, and thereby considering such tool of data collection as a joint accomplishment of both interviewee and interviewer, in this chapter the author examines language biography interviews as they are co-constructed by conversational partners. Using conversation analysis (CA), the chapter looks at how participants locally negotiate the interactional frame of their encounter as institutional talk leading to the generation of research data. How interviewees display their “for the record” orientation by assessing their own talk, as well by drawing upon the encounter as a resource to let their voice be heard is then discussed.
Article outline
- Introduction
- Language biography research
- Context, data and theoretical framework
- Negotiating the interactional frame: “Interview” or “storytelling”?
- Orienting “for the record”: Assessing the relevance of one’s own talk
- Setting boundaries, opening boundaries: Agreeing upon “data” and beyond
- Final remarks
Notes
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