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with a 'that's nothing special' type response' effectively smothering the flames of our uniqueness under the blanket of commonality. A nice example of a non-ratification and non-support of a negative claim can be see to occur in the episode I have entitled 'Chris's Lad'. Excerpt 6.9 'Chris's Lad' KPi5 and PN (both late middle aged working class males) have been talking about the cassette recorder and my research activities. I KPs: He got so high a ma:: rk (1.5) at Salford University=they said (. ) we'll 2 pay for him to go in for that and [we'll give you a teachin' post here= 3 PN: [Yeah 4 PN: =Yeah 5 0 6 KPs: And then pay for your doctorate (1) for you're:: =course (. ) and it's up 7 li: ke (. ) >this year< 8 (1) 9 PN: CHRIS'S LAD's goin't Oxford you know (1) Chris Tudor (0.5) Dancin' 10 (0.5) 11 KPs: Oh Yeah 12 (1) 13 PN: He's passed for Oxford 14 (0.5) 15 KPs: Oh:: 16 ((Drinks handed out aside, KP turns to drinks)) 17 KPs: Cheers Peter In this episode of sociable chat, KP proffers a negative claim by extolling the virtues of his son (myself) as being intelligent and employed at a university. Both KIP and PN are working class, and neither have been to or have had relatives attending university (nor have any of the other co-present participants). Based on this shared informational state, KP then can be relatively certain that my status as 'academic researcher'will form a safe basis for uniqueness claim, if only by association (see Chapter 7). However, PN responds in a manner that does not unproblematically ratify and support this negative claim. Instead, PN rather effectively claims similarity, indeed effectively goes further by'topping' Salford (an urban lower ranking university) with Oxford (perhaps the highest status university in the land). KP (somewhat crest-fallen) subsequently drops the claim and initiates a joint focus of attention away from the conversation and towards the drinks. Again, one might perceive this as being inappropriate or 1 rA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 even impolite, but as I shall argue below (see Chapter 7), the basis for this perception of inappropriateness is not simply linguistic (i. e. the words uttered), but symbolic (i. e. the stance taken). Another example of non-ratification and non-support of a negative claim occurs I the following episode, 'Nice Woman'. Excerpt 6.10 'Nice Woman' The preceding conversation has been about a local doctor recently convicted of killing several of his patients, one of who it transpires was known to the participants co-present EP: The first time I heard it they showed a woman on TV and I act=1 actually recognised her (0.5) she was ((coughs)) working for age concern [opposite JL: [that's my EP: the su: rgery:: 0 JL: That's my mothers friend that 0 EP: Oh no= RP: =>Yeah she was a really nice wom[an EP: [she was really ni: ce yeah= RP: =yeah= EP: =We couldn't [believe it JL: ' [me mother was in Spain with her two years ago (2) with Age Conce: [m=on this holiday with Age Concern coz me mothers (0.5) other RP: [YEAH friend works for Age Conce[m in Hyde EP: [hm:: RP: yeah 0 (0.5) JL: And er she's the [one whose daughter JW: [have you FINISHED with that Elke ((Host taking plate))= EP: =Yeah (. ) it was [excellent JL: [She's the one whose er her (. ) her daughter's a solicitor EP: =["hmo RP: =[Hm (1.5) and its her that's set the the ball 0 ball rollin'= JL: It's terrible though in't it= EP: =yea:: h (0.5) RP: We were really shocked coz she was a really nice woman EP: Yea: h 'Nice Woman' provides a typical example of English sociable conversation where a negative claim is made, again on the basis of 1 rcl
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even impolite, but as I shall argue below (see Chapter 7), the basis for this<br />
perception <strong>of</strong> inappropriateness is not simply linguistic (i. e. the words uttered),<br />
but symbolic (i. e. the stance taken).<br />
Another example <strong>of</strong> non-ratification and non-support <strong>of</strong> a negative claim<br />
occurs I the following episode, 'Nice Woman'.<br />
Excerpt 6.10 'Nice Woman'<br />
The preceding conversation has been about a local doctor recently convicted <strong>of</strong><br />
killing several <strong>of</strong> his patients, one <strong>of</strong> who it transpires was known to the participants<br />
co-present<br />
EP: The first time I heard it they showed a woman on TV and I act=1 actually<br />
recognised her (0.5) she was ((coughs)) working for age concern [opposite<br />
JL: [that's my<br />
EP: the su: rgery::<br />
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JL: That's my mothers friend that<br />
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EP: Oh no=<br />
RP: =>Yeah she was a really nice wom[an<br />
EP: [she was really ni: ce yeah=<br />
RP: =yeah=<br />
EP: =We couldn't [believe it<br />
JL: ' [me mother was in Spain with her two years ago (2) with Age<br />
Conce: [m=on this holiday with Age Concern coz me mothers (0.5) other<br />
RP: [YEAH<br />
friend works for Age Conce[m in Hyde<br />
EP: [hm::<br />
RP: yeah<br />
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JL: And er she's the [one whose daughter<br />
JW: [have you FINISHED with that Elke ((Host taking plate))=<br />
EP: =Yeah (. ) it was [excellent<br />
JL: [She's the one whose er her (. ) her daughter's a solicitor<br />
EP: =["hmo<br />
RP: =[Hm<br />
(1.5)<br />
and its her that's set the the ball 0 ball rollin'=<br />
JL: It's terrible though in't it=<br />
EP: =yea:: h<br />
(0.5)<br />
RP: We were really shocked coz she was a really nice woman<br />
EP: Yea: h<br />
'Nice Woman' provides a typical example <strong>of</strong> English sociable<br />
conversation where a negative claim is made, again on the basis <strong>of</strong><br />
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