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This rising up to 'meet and defeat' a mobilised examining self is typical of German conversational style. Indeed, several German colleagues I have spoken to over the years have admitted an omni-present readiness to defend during participation in sociable episodes. Of course, issuing counter- propositions in English also occurs. However, when this does occur, rather than proffering a Demeaned Self, English speakers tend to take up a more abased posture (see 7.3.1), manifest in typical conversational responses along the lines of 'yeah, suppose I cold do that', in effect diminishing rather than amplifying a challenged position (see Chapter 8 for more discussion of diminishing and amplification of the self). A third salient self regularly proffered in German is the affirmative self. Again, this conceptualisation covers a range of conversational behaviours, but essentially refers to the self which aligns positively with wider or higher authority, and posits the speaker as a person of social and moral integrity. Again, salient words from the German language - and ones which strike quite violently on the ears of the newly arrived Englishman - point to the affirmative self, none more so than the modal verbmussen' ('must'). The affirmative self can be directed at both the speaker (e. g. Ich muss das machen [I have to do that]), or alternatively - and perhaps more frequently - at some other co- present participant (e. g. 'du muss das machen' [you (informal) must do that]). In terms of this second type of conversational realisation, German sociable conversation often displays direct and unmitigated direction of a fellow interlocutor by an affirmative self. 'Du muss das einfach machen' ['you simply have to do that'] allows a speaker to align to a co-present participant negatively by, in the first instance attempting to push or pull him or her in one direction based on the speakers own reading of any given situation. An example of the affirmative self at work can be seen in the following two episodes. 214
Excerpt 7.10 Was muss Mann machen? ' I KH: >Die haben ja auch mal gesagt< (1) daG die wenn du jetzt von 2 Recienburg'snen Wagen kaufst (. ) dag die VertLagshAndler hier die 3 Wagen nicht (0.5) reparieren wo[Ilen (0.5) Das MUSSsen sie (0.5) >da 4 HB: Pa 5 KH: sind sie zu verpflichtet=das ist ein Volkswagen< (0.5) und die sind 6 verpflichtet die Dinger auch zu reparieren (1) die zu warten (1.5) Das ist 7 e:: r 8 9 HB: Ja=oa 10 KH: [Nene=Iaß dich nicht bange machen= 11 HB: =Jaja das ist Bangemachen das ist mir klar hhh 12 KH: [>Aber die haben 13 nämlich verschiedene daß die jetzt sagen< hhh (. ) der Wagen 14 geht nach Dänemark [der kriegt das nicht rein der [kriegt das 15 HB: [Hrn [Hm 16 17 KH: nicht rein das (Wades)-Modell kriegen sie mit Sicherheit alle (0.5) nur die Hämmerstädter ich sag ja weiße Sitze gleich oder'(1) ne=andere 18 19 Stereoanlage oder ne Klima=(Klimadronik) (0.5) das kommt serienmäßig auch nicht rein=das ist ganz klar--das müssen sie bestellen darum kann's 20 ja Getzt 21 HB: [Die haben gesagt daß die im Ausland da zum Teil andere Ausstattung 22 kriegen= 23 24 KH: HB: =Ne Glaubst du das [Peter [Als=als [die 25 KH: [Was müßten die denn für ein Lwger haben 26 überleg dir das [mal 27 HB: [und und da wären noch da wären noch die 28 Lenkungsunteqschiede 29 KH: [Peter was mOlIten die denn fOr ein Lager haben Exce rpt 7.10 Translation What do you have to do? ' I 2 3 KH: HB: >They were saying that that< (1) if you buy a car from Regensburg (. ) now that the contract dealers here don't wa[nt to (0.5) repair the car they MUSt [Yeah 4 KH: do this >It's their duty--that's a Volkswagen< (0.5) and it's their duty to 5 repair them (1) to maintain them (1.5) that's e:: r 6 (1.5) 7 HB: Yeah=yeah 8 KH: No no=donl be put off-- 9 10 HB: KH: =Yeah yeah that's putting people off that's right [>But they 11 12 actually have different that they say< hhh (. ) the car goes to Denmark [he doesn't get that in, [he doesn't get that 13 HB: [Hm [Hrn 14 KH: in the (Wades)-model I am sure they all get(O. 5) only the Hammerst5dters, 15 as I'm saying white seats (1) or--a different stereo or air conditioning (0.5) 16 that doesn't come with all cars within a series=that's quite clear they have 17 to order it that's why it can [now 18 HB: [They said that abroad they sometimes get 19 different equipment= 20 KH: =No do you believe that [Peter 21 HB: [When when [they 22 23 KH: think about [that [What kind of a sto: re must they have 215
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Excerpt 7.10 Was muss Mann machen? '<br />
I KH: >Die haben ja auch mal gesagt< (1) daG die wenn du jetzt von<br />
2 Recienburg'snen Wagen kaufst (. ) dag die VertLagshAndler hier die<br />
3 Wagen nicht (0.5) reparieren wo[Ilen (0.5) Das MUSSsen sie (0.5) >da<br />
4 HB: Pa<br />
5 KH: sind sie zu verpflichtet=das ist ein Volkswagen< (0.5) und die sind<br />
6 verpflichtet die Dinger auch zu reparieren (1) die zu warten (1.5) Das ist<br />
7 e:: r<br />
8<br />
9 HB: Ja=oa<br />
10 KH: [Nene=Iaß dich nicht bange machen=<br />
11 HB: =Jaja das ist Bangemachen das ist mir klar hhh<br />
12 KH: [>Aber die haben<br />
13 nämlich verschiedene daß die jetzt sagen< hhh (. ) der Wagen<br />
14 geht nach Dänemark [der kriegt das nicht rein der [kriegt das<br />
15 HB: [Hrn [Hm<br />
16<br />
17<br />
KH: nicht rein das (Wades)-Modell kriegen sie mit Sicherheit alle (0.5) nur die<br />
Hämmerstädter ich sag ja weiße Sitze gleich oder'(1) ne=andere<br />
18<br />
19<br />
Stereoanlage oder ne Klima=(Klimadronik) (0.5) das kommt serienmäßig<br />
auch nicht rein=das ist ganz klar--das müssen sie bestellen darum kann's<br />
20 ja Getzt<br />
21 HB: [Die haben gesagt daß die im Ausland da zum Teil andere Ausstattung<br />
22 kriegen=<br />
23<br />
24<br />
KH:<br />
HB:<br />
=Ne Glaubst du das [Peter<br />
[Als=als [die<br />
25 KH: [Was müßten die denn für ein Lwger haben<br />
26 überleg dir das [mal<br />
27 HB: [und und da wären noch da wären noch die<br />
28 Lenkungsunteqschiede<br />
29 KH: [Peter was mOlIten die denn fOr ein Lager haben<br />
Exce rpt 7.10 Translation What do you have to do? '<br />
I<br />
2<br />
3<br />
KH:<br />
HB:<br />
>They were saying that that< (1) if you buy a car from Regensburg (. ) now<br />
that the contract dealers here don't wa[nt to (0.5) repair the car they MUSt<br />
[Yeah<br />
4 KH: do this >It's their duty--that's a Volkswagen< (0.5) and it's their duty to<br />
5 repair them (1) to maintain them (1.5) that's e:: r<br />
6 (1.5)<br />
7 HB: Yeah=yeah<br />
8 KH: No no=donl be put <strong>of</strong>f--<br />
9<br />
10<br />
HB:<br />
KH:<br />
=Yeah yeah that's putting people <strong>of</strong>f that's right<br />
[>But they<br />
11<br />
12<br />
actually have different that they say< hhh (. ) the car goes to<br />
Denmark [he doesn't get that in, [he doesn't get that<br />
13 HB: [Hm [Hrn<br />
14 KH: in the (Wades)-model I am sure they all get(O. 5) only the Hammerst5dters,<br />
15 as I'm saying white seats (1) or--a different stereo or air conditioning (0.5)<br />
16 that doesn't come with all cars within a series=that's quite clear they have<br />
17 to order it that's why it can [now<br />
18 HB: [They said that abroad they sometimes get<br />
19 different equipment=<br />
20 KH: =No do you believe that [Peter<br />
21 HB: [When when [they<br />
22<br />
23<br />
KH:<br />
think about [that<br />
[What kind <strong>of</strong> a sto: re must they have 215