Liminality in Language Use: Some Thoughts on Interactional Analysis from a Dialogical Perspective

Kyoko Murakami

Liminality in Language Use: Some Thoughts on Interactional Analysis from a Dialogical Perspective

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This essay traces my engagement with Michèle Grossen’s ideas of a dialogical perspective on interaction analysis (Grossen Integrative Psychological and
Behavioral Science, 1–22, 2009) and highlights a process account of self in
interaction. Firstly I draw on Turner’s concept of liminality with respect to the transformative, temporal significance in interaction. Secondly I explored further the conversation analytic concepts such as formulation and reformulation as a viable analytical tool for a dialogical perspective. Lastly, I addressed the issue of interaction in institutional settings, in particular with interactional asymmetries of interaction, whilst relativising the I-position dialogical perspective. I explore insights from social anthropology as well as revisiting conversation analysis and discursive psychology, concluding that a promising direction would be sought through a cross-fertilisation between dialogism and other sibling perspectives concerning language use, communication, social action and discourse- and narrative-based analyses.

Original language	English
Article number	10.1007/s12124-010-9115-x
Journal	Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science
Volume	44
Pages (from-to)	30-38
ISSN	1932-4502
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Faculty of Social Sciences
Interaction analysis
liminality
dialogical perspective

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Liminality in Language Use: Some Thoughts on Interactional Analysis from a Dialogical Perspective

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