Temporality, stance ownership, and the constitution of subjectivity

Thompson, Gregory A.

doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2015.10.010

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“…Let us, therefore, zoom out to discuss what the model proposed by Du Bois has to offer for multimodal analyses of complex stance acts and longer stretches of interaction. In the existing literature on stance-taking, Du Bois’ triangle has been much discussed and critically reflected on ( Debras, 2015 ; Thompson, 2016 ; Iwasaki, 2022 ). Several authors have already drawn attention to the limitations of the model and suggested re-interpretations, such as Debras (2015) in the study on constructed dialog.…”

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Mocking enactments: a case study of multimodal stance-stacking

de Vries,

Andries,

Meissl

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Although research into multimodal stance-taking has gained momentum over the past years, the multimodal construction of so-called stacked stances has not yet received systematic attention in the literature. Mocking enactments are a prime example of such complex social actions as they are layered both interactionally and stance-related, and they rely significantly on the use of bodily visual resources, depicting rather than describing events and stances. Using Du Bois’ Stance Triangle as a framework, this study investigates mocking enactments as a case study to unravel the multimodal aspects of layered stance expressions. Drawing on three data sets—music instruction in Dutch, German, and English, spontaneous face-to-face interactions among friends in Dutch, and narrations on past events in Flemish Sign Language (VGT)—this study provides a qualitative exploration of mocking enactments across different communicative settings, languages, and modalities. The study achieves three main objectives: (1) illuminating how enactments are used for mocking, (2) identifying the layers of stance-taking at play, and (3) examining the multimodal construction of mocking enactments. Our analysis reveals various different uses of enactments for mocking. Aside from enacting the target of the mockery, participants can include other characters and viewpoints, highlighting the breadth of the phenomenon under scrutiny. Second, we uncover the layered construction of stance on all axes of the Stance Triangle (evaluation, positioning, and alignment). Third, we find that mocking enactments are embedded in highly evaluative contexts, indexed by the use of bodily visual resources. Interestingly, not all mocking enactments include a multimodally exaggerated depiction, but instead, some merely allude to an absurd hypothetical scenario. Our findings contribute to the growing body of literature on multimodal stance-taking, by showing how a nuanced interpretation of the Stance Triangle can offer a useful framework for analyzing layered stance acts.

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Mocking enactments: a case study of multimodal stance-stacking

de Vries,

Andries,

Meissl

2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…From a critical perspective, it may be interpreted as submission to institutionally mediated hegemonic-authoritative discourse. Reversely, it may be viewed as museumgoers’ purposeful use of multiple available resources (Kockelman 2004; Kärkkäinen 2006; Kiesling 2011; Thompson 2016)—including hegemonic discourse—in the performance of their own subjectivities.…”

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“… 1 A comprehensive review is beyond the scope of this study, but see reviews of types and definitions of stance in Du Bois 2007 and in other chapters in Englebretson 2007. See also Kockelman 2004, C. Goodwin 2007b, Jaffe 2009, and more recently Kiesling 2011, Du Bois & Kärkkäinen 2012, and Thompson 2016.…”

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“…Yet as Kockelman (2004:144) points out, ‘perhaps the defining characteristic of stance markers… is that although in practice they are intersubjectively or interpersonally constituted…, ideologically they are understood by speakers to be subjective or personal’ (cf. Thompson 2016). This critical perspective on the concept of stance may be understood as two-fold.…”

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Stance-taking and participation framework in museum commenting platforms: On subjects, objects, authors, and principals

Noy

Hamo

2019

Lang. Soc.

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The realization of subjectivity through language use is a key concern of sociolinguistic research. We argue for examining it by juxtaposing Goffman's participation framework and Du Bois’ stance triangle. We focus on museums’ commenting platforms as ‘stance-rich’ media (Du Bois 2007:151) by examining the communicative affordances of a visitor book at the Florida Holocaust Museum and analyzing museumgoers’ texts (3,064). These texts are homogeneous in their morally indignant evaluation of the Holocaust and their alignment with the museum, but heterogeneous in positioning and participation framework. Museumgoers’ texts are highly responsive to the setting and previous discourses of the museum and include patterns of shared authorship and principalship. These patterns allow museumgoers to construct shared, institutionally mandated, subjectivities while maintaining personal commitment. These findings contribute to our understanding of the construction of subjectivity as inherently dialogic, and as involving the purposeful use of a multiplicity of contextual resources. (Participation framework, stance triangle, repetitions, principalship, commitment, Holocaust, museums, visitor books)

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“…In order to interpret Fredrik's stance within this short sequence, it is essential to take into account the timescales on which the subjective positions have emerged (cf. Thompson, 2016). In this situation, diverging attitudes, intersubjective relations, and the multitude of name proposals get challenged and transformed in a chain of small, unforeseen events.…”

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Talk, time, and creativity: Developing ideas and identities during a start-up weekend

Hiß

2018

Language & Communication

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This study explores the temporal dynamics of language use, collaboration, and creativity in the case of a start-up weekend. The organisation of interaction in time and the use of temporal indexes and semiotic resources vary over time, not simply because of changing contextual conditions, but rather because of dynamic developments in the flow of time. Interacting in time, the participants appropriate temporal frames and contextualise their actions in and across time. The start-up weekend as a chronotopic frame has a semiotic impact on all local actions. Simultaneously, small, individual actions emerging in the flow of time have a collective impact, which leads to unpredictable, creative developments. The relations between these perspectives are mutually dynamic.

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Temporality, stance ownership, and the constitution of subjectivity

Cited by 18 publications

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Mocking enactments: a case study of multimodal stance-stacking

Mocking enactments: a case study of multimodal stance-stacking

Stance-taking and participation framework in museum commenting platforms: On subjects, objects, authors, and principals

Talk, time, and creativity: Developing ideas and identities during a start-up weekend

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