The anatomy of disagreement in University seminars
- Sharmin Choudhury, York St John University
- Geography Building Drapers Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary University of London
Disagreement has been analysed by many academics including, Pomerantz (1984) and Heritage and Raymond (2005), who have provided insight on structural features and placement of disagreement in conversation. These works have formed the foundation of the research in this paper. The paper focuses on making a distinction between the types of but prefaced disagreement in face threatening actions. Notions of face (Goffman 1967) are also drawn upon to analyse the effects of disagreement on social relationships. The study focuses on analysing disagreement in University sociolinguistic seminars. Sociolinguistic frameworks are combined with a conversation analytic approach to dissect the environment and reasoning behind the placement of disagreement. Analysis will be proposed to make a distinction in strength of the different turn shapes (Pomerantz 1984). Student and lecturer roles are also examined in accordance to the goals the institutional setting sets out to accomplish and how these goals effect allowable contributions in the seminars (Levinson 1992).
References:
Goffman, E. (1967) On Face Work. In: Interaction Ritual. Goffman, E. (1972) London. Allen Lane, pp. 5-45.
Heritage, J. Raymond, G. (2005) The Terms of Agreement: Indexing Epistemic Authority and Subordination in Talk-in-Interaction. Social Psychology Quarterly. 68 (1). pp. 15-38. Levinson, S.C. (1992) Activity types and language. In: Drew, P. & Heritage, J (eds.) Talk at
Works: Interaction in institutional settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66- 100.
Pomerantz, A., 1984. Agreeing and disagreeing with assessments: Some features of preferred/dispreferred turn shaped. In: Atkinson, J. Maxwell and Heritage, J (1984) Structures of Social Action. Studies in Conversation Analysis. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Pp57-101.
Goffman, E. (1967) On Face Work. In: Interaction Ritual. Goffman, E. (1972) London. Allen Lane, pp. 5-45.
Heritage, J. Raymond, G. (2005) The Terms of Agreement: Indexing Epistemic Authority and Subordination in Talk-in-Interaction. Social Psychology Quarterly. 68 (1). pp. 15-38. Levinson, S.C. (1992) Activity types and language. In: Drew, P. & Heritage, J (eds.) Talk at
Works: Interaction in institutional settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66- 100.
Pomerantz, A., 1984. Agreeing and disagreeing with assessments: Some features of preferred/dispreferred turn shaped. In: Atkinson, J. Maxwell and Heritage, J (1984) Structures of Social Action. Studies in Conversation Analysis. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Pp57-101.