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24 HB: [And then there are also the differences in [steering 25 KH: [Peter what kind of a 26 store must they have Of course again, and this appears often in conversational environments when such selves are mobilised in my own data, in response to an other- directed affirmative self, a demeaned self may be mobilised, and perhaps more often than not is. Conversationally this may result in the by now familiar objective discussion or even Wettkampf. In my earlier consideration of English conversation, I identified what I termed an in-the-know self. I noted there that the German equivalent - although also taking up a conversational stance to in effect impart individuated knowledge to co-present others - was slightly different. What I am terming the knowledgeable self. here is one that allows the speaker to display, not a knowledge based in some unique aspect of personal experience, but one based in a more in-depth and often quite technical knowledge of the conversational topic per se being developed. Thus, in mobilising a Knowledgeable Self, a particular participant will proceed along the lines - and is expected to proceed along the lines - of positing a factual rather than an experiential base for any particular knowledge claims. From my own observations I can attest to the fact that in German sociable conversation, the knowledgeable self can be mobilised against someone who has clearly more experience of a given sphere of expertise (or at least is claiming the same). As an anecdotal example from my own participation, if and when I have been talking about my own research, there has been no shortage of participants who have stepped forward to display their own knowledge of 'sociological matters' and engage with me in conversation, in effect as equals. Recipients of any explanations I have proffered for my research have often made suggestions for improvements as to how I might gather my data (for example in the positioning of the microphone), identified neglected aspects of my model, or suggested themes to consider in my analysis and final write-up (incidentally, this runs somewhat contra to English sociable participants who more often than not have made a point about not having a clue about what I was doing or how I should do it). 216
Often, knowledgeable selves are aligned to by other sociabilists in a way that gives them - compared to English sociabilists - disproportionately large amounts of conversational floor space. Many German sociable episodes thus display rather monologic phases, whereby one speaker is accorded significant amounts of time to display his / her knowledge on a certain topic. A nice way to represent this is by drawing on what Germans might refer to as Meinung talk, as in the following example. Excerpt 7.11 'So ist das' 1 KN: Trotzdem würden die Leute mit funf und funfzig gehen (0.5) >wenn man 2 nur mal anguckt mal in Frankreich wird da auch mit verhandelt daß an 3 jeder< (1) eh an ieder e: r an jedem Ort ist da eine Zahlstelle [die rund um 4 GB: ["ja daso 5 6 KN: die [Uhr besetzt ist das sind fünf MARK 7 GB: [könnte sie bei uns auch einführen 8 (0.5) 9 KN: würden sie das Geld [reinkriegen wir würden weniger Steuern zahlen 10 GB: [JA 11 KN: Würde [keiner arbeitslos [warden= 12 GB: Ua [g'nau 13 GB: =G'nau= 14 KN: =da könnten sie vielleicht fünf Millionen (. )Leute [mit beschäftigen ne 15 GB: [die die (Plaketten) 16 vergeben [ne 17 KN: [ja is 0 19 KN: Wenn [sie in ganz Deutschland die Autobahn nicht die Autobahnvignetten 20 GB: [oder die Vignetten sagt man ja 21 sondern diese Autobahngebühr-- 22 GB: =oder die Gebühr 23 0 24 KN: Denn (0.5) an jeder [Zahlstelle da sitzen dann die Leute (1) das 25 GB: 26 finanziert sich von selber (1) alle die durchfahren >verdienen was sie noch 27 28 zusätzlich bekommen=die fahren ja jetzt umsonst durch< 29 GB: Ja:: = 30 KN: =Ich [würde lieber drei vierhundert [Mark [im Jahr 31 GB: [So ist das [so ist das Excerpt 7.11 Translation 'That's the way things are' I KN: 24 hours, that's five marks 2 GB: They could introduce that here 3 (0.5) 4 KN: They would get the money [back we would pay less tax 5 GB: [Yeah 217
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Often, knowledgeable selves are aligned to by other sociabilists in a way<br />
that gives them - compared to English sociabilists -<br />
disproportionately large<br />
amounts <strong>of</strong> conversational floor space. Many German sociable episodes thus<br />
display rather monologic phases, whereby one speaker is accorded significant<br />
amounts <strong>of</strong> time to display his / her knowledge on a certain topic. A nice way to<br />
represent this is by drawing on what Germans might refer to as Meinung talk, as<br />
in the following example.<br />
Excerpt 7.11 'So ist das'<br />
1 KN: Trotzdem würden die Leute mit funf und funfzig gehen (0.5) >wenn man<br />
2 nur mal anguckt mal in Frankreich wird da auch mit verhandelt daß an<br />
3 jeder< (1) eh an ieder e: r an jedem Ort ist da eine Zahlstelle [die rund um<br />
4 GB: ["ja daso<br />
5<br />
6 KN: die [Uhr besetzt ist das sind fünf MARK<br />
7 GB: [könnte sie bei uns auch einführen<br />
8 (0.5)<br />
9 KN: würden sie das Geld [reinkriegen wir würden weniger Steuern zahlen<br />
10 GB: [JA<br />
11 KN: Würde [keiner arbeitslos [warden=<br />
12 GB: Ua [g'nau<br />
13 GB: =G'nau=<br />
14 KN: =da könnten sie vielleicht fünf Millionen (. )Leute [mit beschäftigen ne<br />
15 GB: [die die (Plaketten)<br />
16 vergeben [ne<br />
17 KN: [ja<br />
is 0<br />
19 KN: Wenn [sie in ganz Deutschland die Autobahn nicht die Autobahnvignetten<br />
20 GB: [oder die Vignetten sagt man ja<br />
21 sondern diese Autobahngebühr--<br />
22 GB: =oder die Gebühr<br />
23 0<br />
24 KN: Denn (0.5) an jeder [Zahlstelle da sitzen dann die Leute (1) das<br />
25 GB:<br />
26 finanziert sich von selber (1) alle die durchfahren >verdienen was sie noch<br />
27<br />
28<br />
zusätzlich bekommen=die fahren ja jetzt umsonst durch<<br />
29 GB: Ja:: =<br />
30 KN: =Ich [würde lieber drei vierhundert [Mark [im Jahr<br />
31 GB: [So ist das [so ist das<br />
Excerpt 7.11 Translation 'That's the way things are'<br />
I KN: 24 hours, that's five marks<br />
2 GB: They could introduce that here<br />
3 (0.5)<br />
4 KN: They would get the money [back we would pay less tax<br />
5 GB: [Yeah 217
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