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chapter 7 Telling about experiences in three-party survey interviews

“Second stories” within the interview participatory framework
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Abstract

This paper analyzes cases in which respondents answered questions in semi-structured three-party interviews with consecutive stories about similar experiences. In each interview a researcher asked two respondents questions for a sociolinguistic survey. In particular, we investigate how the respondents tell “second stories” and interact with each other, while accommodating to the participatory framework of the survey interview. The analysis shows that “second stories” can contribute to the respondents’ mutual understanding and interpersonal involvement even in survey interviews despite differences between this genre and casual conversations. We demonstrate that the interaction during the “second stories” is qualitatively different from the direct verbal and nonverbal exchanges between the two respondents and the interviewer. Furthermore, the participatory framework of the interview discourse influenced the respondents’ strategies and story design in significant ways. For example, the respondents designed their stories so as to make them worth telling as answers to the interview question or as a contribution to the overall topic of the interview. We conclude that the interview participatory framework operates not as a static, restrictive rule, but rather as a resource that can be used in the talk-in-interaction.

Abstract

This paper analyzes cases in which respondents answered questions in semi-structured three-party interviews with consecutive stories about similar experiences. In each interview a researcher asked two respondents questions for a sociolinguistic survey. In particular, we investigate how the respondents tell “second stories” and interact with each other, while accommodating to the participatory framework of the survey interview. The analysis shows that “second stories” can contribute to the respondents’ mutual understanding and interpersonal involvement even in survey interviews despite differences between this genre and casual conversations. We demonstrate that the interaction during the “second stories” is qualitatively different from the direct verbal and nonverbal exchanges between the two respondents and the interviewer. Furthermore, the participatory framework of the interview discourse influenced the respondents’ strategies and story design in significant ways. For example, the respondents designed their stories so as to make them worth telling as answers to the interview question or as a contribution to the overall topic of the interview. We conclude that the interview participatory framework operates not as a static, restrictive rule, but rather as a resource that can be used in the talk-in-interaction.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. part 1 Introduction
  4. chapter 1 Introduction 3
  5. part 2 Storytelling in casual conversation
  6. chapter 2 Manipulation of voices in the development of a story 23
  7. chapter 3 Ellipsis and action in a Japanese joint storytelling series 61
  8. chapter 4 Sharing a personal discovery of a taste 113
  9. part 3 Storytelling in animation narratives
  10. chapter 5 Clausal self-repetition and pre-nominal demonstratives in Japanese and English animation narratives 147
  11. part 4 Storytelling in talk shows and survey interviews
  12. chapter 6 Storytelling in a Japanese television talk show 183
  13. chapter 7 Telling about experiences in three-party survey interviews 211
  14. part 5 Storytelling in university lectures
  15. chapter 8 The functions of narratives in Japanese university lecture discourse 241
  16. chapter 9 Creating involvement in a large Japanese lecture 267
  17. Addresses for contributors to Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre 303
  18. Author index 305
  19. Subject index 307
Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sin.13.11ch7

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. part 1 Introduction
  4. chapter 1 Introduction 3
  5. part 2 Storytelling in casual conversation
  6. chapter 2 Manipulation of voices in the development of a story 23
  7. chapter 3 Ellipsis and action in a Japanese joint storytelling series 61
  8. chapter 4 Sharing a personal discovery of a taste 113
  9. part 3 Storytelling in animation narratives
  10. chapter 5 Clausal self-repetition and pre-nominal demonstratives in Japanese and English animation narratives 147
  11. part 4 Storytelling in talk shows and survey interviews
  12. chapter 6 Storytelling in a Japanese television talk show 183
  13. chapter 7 Telling about experiences in three-party survey interviews 211
  14. part 5 Storytelling in university lectures
  15. chapter 8 The functions of narratives in Japanese university lecture discourse 241
  16. chapter 9 Creating involvement in a large Japanese lecture 267
  17. Addresses for contributors to Storytelling across Japanese Conversational Genre 303
  18. Author index 305
  19. Subject index 307
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