“I don't mean extradimensional in a woo-woo sense”: Doing non-explanation in discussions of unidentified aerial phenomena

IF 1.3 2区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION
Chris McVittie , Andy McKinlay
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Abstract

In everyday talk, speakers commonly provide explanations that “make plain” or “make intelligible” prior talk. Little work, however, has examined talk in which speakers offer no explanation for what is being described. We consider talk about “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs) from news media interviews. Interviewees distanced themselves from accountability for explaining UAPs or proposed multiple candidate explanations. Interviewers tabled their own potential explanations. Participants’ talk did not “make plain” or “make intelligible” phenomena being discussed. These findings show that explanations are a participants’ concern. These interactions allow discussion of topics of broad public interest, thereby “doing news”.

“我不是指宇意义上的超维度”:在讨论不明飞行现象时不做解释
在日常谈话中,说话者通常会在谈话前提供“让人明白”或“让人理解”的解释。然而,很少有工作研究演讲者对所描述的内容没有解释的谈话。我们考虑从新闻媒体采访中谈论“不明空中现象”(UAP)。受访者回避解释UAP的责任,或提出多个候选人的解释。采访者提出了他们自己可能的解释。参与者的谈话并没有“让人明白”或“让人理解”正在讨论的现象。这些发现表明,解释是参与者关注的问题。这些互动可以讨论公众广泛感兴趣的话题,从而“做新闻”。
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期刊介绍: This journal is unique in that it provides a forum devoted to the interdisciplinary study of language and communication. The investigation of language and its communicational functions is treated as a concern shared in common by those working in applied linguistics, child development, cultural studies, discourse analysis, intellectual history, legal studies, language evolution, linguistic anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, the politics of language, pragmatics, psychology, rhetoric, semiotics, and sociolinguistics. The journal invites contributions which explore the implications of current research for establishing common theoretical frameworks within which findings from different areas of study may be accommodated and interrelated. By focusing attention on the many ways in which language is integrated with other forms of communicational activity and interactional behaviour, it is intended to encourage approaches to the study of language and communication which are not restricted by existing disciplinary boundaries.
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