%0 Journal Article
%T LEADING THE WAY AND SHOWING AFFILIATION: PARTICIPATORY ROLES IN A SEMI-STRUCTURED NARRATIVE INTERVIEW
%A Katie Paredes
%A Marisa Cordella
%J Revista de Ling¨¹¨ªstica y Lenguas Aplicadas
%D 2011
%I Universitat Polit¨¨cnica deVal¨¨ncia
%R 10.4995/rlyla.2011.908
%X This paper outlines the participatory roles of narrators and interviewers in the process of unfolding personal stories. Fifteen secondary school students of Hispanic-Australian background enrolled in intermediate Spanish classes in Melbourne (Australia) were asked to talk about a series of topics allowing them to explore and develop personal stories. For the purpose of providing a comprehensive corpus this manuscript focuses on the 11 personal stories that emerged in Spanish and English around the topic of ¡®the worst holiday¡¯. The results show that narratives are not initially volunteered by students, being prefaced by an initial denial of negative experience. Nevertheless, the interviewer¡¯s participation dissipates the narrator¡¯s initial attitude allowing students to construct narratives guided by the interviewer¡¯s expectations. Interviewer strategies include requests for clarification, prompts for story development and co-authorship. Also crucial to the interaction is the use of laughter as a form of personal affiliation.
%K Participatory roles
%K interactional roles
%K personal narratives
%K affiliation
%K Spanish
%K discourse analysis
%U http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/908