TY  - CHAP
U1  - Buchbeitrag
A1  - Helmer, Henrike
ED  - Deppermann, Arnulf
ED  - Haugh, Michael
T1  - Strategy ascriptions in public mediation talks
T2  - Action ascription in interaction
N2  - Action ascription is an emergent process of mutual displays of understanding. Usually, the kind of action that is ascribed to a prior turn by a next action remains implicit. Sometimes, however, actions are overtly ascribed, for example, when speakers expose the use of strategies. This happens particularly in conflictual interaction, such as public debates or mediation talks. In these interactional settings, one of the speakers’ goals is to discredit their opponents in front of other participants or an overhearing audience. This chapter investigates different types of overt strategy ascriptions in a public mediation: exposing the opponent’s use of rhetorical devices, exposing the opponent’s use of false premises, and exposing that an opponent is telling only a half-truth. This chapter shows how speakers use ascriptions of acting strategically as accusations to disclose their opponents’ intentions and ‘truths’ that the opponents allegedly conceal and that are detrimental to their position.
T3  - Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics - 35 
KW  - strategy ascription
KW  - intention ascription
KW  - accusation
KW  - argumentation
KW  - public mediation
KW  - Mediation
KW  - Verstehen
KW  - Handlung
KW  - Interaktion
KW  - Konflikt
KW  - Debatte
KW  - Strategie
KW  - Intention
KW  - Beschuldigung
KW  - Argumentation
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-109982
SN  - 978-1-108-67341-9
SB  - 978-1-108-67341-9
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108673419.009
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108673419.009
N1  - This material has been published in "Action Ascription in Interaction", edited by Arnulf Deppermann/Michael Haugh: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108673419. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. © Cambridge University Press.
SP  - 160
EP  - 182
PB  - Cambridge University Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -