%0 Journal Article
%T DECONSTRUCTING ˇ°MY SWEET LORDˇ±: PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF AN ARGUMENT
%A ERIN BIDLAKE
%J Annual Review of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
%D 2008
%I Newcastle University
%X Adopting a pragmatic approach to discourse analysis, I undertake an analysis of one argument between two men using a constructionist framework. I select three interactional features for analysis: self-reference, other-reference, and metaphorical language. I demonstrate how the two men agree to cooperate ˇ°as a kind of rationalityˇ± (Mey 1993, p.71) in order to co-produce meaningful interaction, while simultaneously advancing their own agendas and weakening each other s positions. From my analysis, four highly-intertwined themes emerge for discussion: constructions of the identity of the self, constructions of the identity of the other, affiliation, and disaffiliation.
%K pragmatics
%K cooperation
%K argument
%K identity construction
%K metaphorical language
%U http://research.ncl.ac.uk/ARECLS/vol5_documents/Articles/bidlake_vol5.pdf