Reporting talk: Reported speech in interaction

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This is a collection of conversation analytic studies on reported speech. In chapter 1, the editors categorize existing work on reported speech into those that address its form, authenticity, and function, respectively. They also provide a brief introduction to conversation analysis (CA), noting that CA has engendered findings that confirm, extend, or contradict prior research on reported speech. In chapter 2, Charles Goodwin shows how the aphasia patient Chil is able to "incorporate and claim authorship" to others' talk (p. 46) with a severely limited vocabulary. The author argues that both Goffman's framework of footing and Volosinov's analysis of reported speech are incapable of explicating the complexity of Chil's embodied participation. In chapter 3, Elizabeth Holt describes the phenomenon of "enactments" in telephone...