Like and dislike scales in couples’ argumentative interaction
- 주제(키워드) Argumentative interaction , Korean , Reality TV show , Regrading , Scaling
- 등재 SSCI, AHCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Elsevier B.V.
- 발행년도 2023
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000211558
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2023.07.018
초록/요약
This study investigates regrading (Bilmes, 2019) as an argumentative resource in a Korean reality television show, Transit Love 2. The main concept of Transit Love 2 is that couples who have broken up join the dating show to either reunite with their ex-partners or to meet someone new. Focusing on argumentations about date invitations and relationship issues, this study shows how the participants launch like/dislike scales to justify why one should accept a requested date, restore a former relationship, and avoid sending an ex-partner to a new date. In the analysis, we illustrate the participants' ways of hearably going up and down on a scale and demonstrate how these scalar formulations shape the activities of managing accusatory, argumentative, and appeal-making talk. The findings of this study highlight that scalar regrades of like/dislike emotions are essential to the interactional activity of couples and have immediate consequences on their relational trajectories. This study contributes to a better understanding of how regrading is used in couple's argumentative discourse. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
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