TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Zinken, Jörg
A1  - Kaiser, Julia
T1  - Formulating other minds in social interaction: Accountability and courses of action
JF  - Language in Society
N2  - We examine moments in social interaction in which a person formulates what another thinks or believes. Such formulations of belief constitute a practice with specifiable contexts and consequences. Belief formulations treat aspects of the other person's prior conduct as accountable on the basis that it provided a new angle on a topic, or otherwise made a surprising contribution within an ongoing course of actions. The practice of belief formulations subjectivizes the content that the other articulated and thereby topicalizes it, mobilizing commitment to that position, an account, or further elaboration. We describe how the practice can be put to work in different activity contexts: sometimes it is designed to undermine the other's position as a subjective 'mere belief', at other times it serves to mobilize further topic talk. Throughout, belief formulations show themselves to be a method by which we get to know ourselves and each other as mental agents.
KW  - accountability
KW  - beliefs
KW  - courses of action
KW  - formulations
KW  - inference
KW  - subjectivity
KW  - topicalization
KW  - Konversationsanalyse
KW  - Interaktion
KW  - Formulierung
KW  - Subjektivität
KW  - Sprachhandeln
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-101148
SN  - 1469-8013
SS  - 1469-8013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404520000688
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404520000688
VL  - 51
IS  - 2
SP  - 185
EP  - 210
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -