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Chapter 13. Evidential vindication in next turn

Using the retrospective “see?” in conversation
  • Kobin H. Kendrick
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Perception Metaphors
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Abstract

Perception verbs are frequent in conversation across diverse languages and cultures. This chapter presents a case study of a recurrent but previously undocumented use of the perception verb see in everyday English conversation. Using conversation analysis, the chapter explicates the use of “See?” – the verb see produced with rising intonation as a possibly complete turn-constructional unit – as claim of evidential vindication. With “See?” a speaker claims a just prior turn, action, or event as support for a previous assertive action. The analysis demonstrates that the practice exploits two distinct forms of sequence organisation, adjacency pairs and retro-sequences, and reflects on the fit between the perception verb see and the action it implements within this practice.

Abstract

Perception verbs are frequent in conversation across diverse languages and cultures. This chapter presents a case study of a recurrent but previously undocumented use of the perception verb see in everyday English conversation. Using conversation analysis, the chapter explicates the use of “See?” – the verb see produced with rising intonation as a possibly complete turn-constructional unit – as claim of evidential vindication. With “See?” a speaker claims a just prior turn, action, or event as support for a previous assertive action. The analysis demonstrates that the practice exploits two distinct forms of sequence organisation, adjacency pairs and retro-sequences, and reflects on the fit between the perception verb see and the action it implements within this practice.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Chapter 1. Perception metaphors 1
  5. Chapter 2. Words of sense 17
  6. Chapter 3. Perception metaphors in cognitive linguistics 43
  7. Chapter 4. Perception metaphor in English 65
  8. Chapter 5. Metaphors and perception in the lexicon 85
  9. Chapter 6. Synaesthetic metaphors are neither synaesthetic nor metaphorical 105
  10. Chapter 7. Sensory experiences, meaning and metaphor 127
  11. Chapter 8. Taste metaphors in Hieroglyphic Egyptian 145
  12. Chapter 9. Why do we understand music as moving? 165
  13. Chapter 10. Approaching perceptual qualities 185
  14. Chapter 11. Grounding mental metaphors in touch 209
  15. Chapter 12. Polysemy of the Estonian perception verb nägema ‘to see’ 231
  16. Chapter 13. Evidential vindication in next turn 253
  17. Chapter 14. Sensory perception metaphors in sign languages 275
  18. Chapter 15. Metaphors of perception in Japanese Sign Language 303
  19. Chapter 16. Perception and metaphor 327
  20. Chapter 17. Perception verbs in context 347
  21. List of metaphors 369
  22. Index 373
https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.19.13ken

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Chapter 1. Perception metaphors 1
  5. Chapter 2. Words of sense 17
  6. Chapter 3. Perception metaphors in cognitive linguistics 43
  7. Chapter 4. Perception metaphor in English 65
  8. Chapter 5. Metaphors and perception in the lexicon 85
  9. Chapter 6. Synaesthetic metaphors are neither synaesthetic nor metaphorical 105
  10. Chapter 7. Sensory experiences, meaning and metaphor 127
  11. Chapter 8. Taste metaphors in Hieroglyphic Egyptian 145
  12. Chapter 9. Why do we understand music as moving? 165
  13. Chapter 10. Approaching perceptual qualities 185
  14. Chapter 11. Grounding mental metaphors in touch 209
  15. Chapter 12. Polysemy of the Estonian perception verb nägema ‘to see’ 231
  16. Chapter 13. Evidential vindication in next turn 253
  17. Chapter 14. Sensory perception metaphors in sign languages 275
  18. Chapter 15. Metaphors of perception in Japanese Sign Language 303
  19. Chapter 16. Perception and metaphor 327
  20. Chapter 17. Perception verbs in context 347
  21. List of metaphors 369
  22. Index 373
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