In:
Travaux neuchâtelois de linguistique, Cantonal and University Library Fribourg, , No. 67 ( 2017-01-01), p. 103-125
Abstract:
The present study investigates how institutional relationships and identities are interactionally configured in a domestic context: the sojourn of an au-pair with a host family. While the au-pair regularly takes part in the family's ordinary life and becomes sort of a 'member' of the family over time, she is at the same time hired by the family as a childcare provider. Our study reveals that these institutional identities are oriented to by the participants, in particular during storytellings about the host family children's misconduct. The study is based on a corpus of 7 hours of dinner table conversations between Julie and her French-speaking host family. Drawing on Conversation Analysis, we show how, during storytelling, the au-pair and the host mother claim, display and negotiate their epistemic rights in relation to childcare in general or with these specific children.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2504-205X
,
1010-1705
DOI:
10.26034/tranel.2017.2981
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Cantonal and University Library Fribourg
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2601490-7
SSG:
7,11
