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ÁGNES DELI Interpersonality and Textuality in Discourse
Interpersonality and Textuality in Discourse 109 TEXTUAL PATTERN: EXCHANGE PATTERN: INITIATION: RESPONSE: HYPOTHESIS-PROBLEM-EVALUATION AS PROBLEM-REASON HYPOTHESIS OF A PROBLEM CONFIRMATION (= EVALUATION AS PROBLEM)~REASON Extract 19 below is an example of the exchange pattern: INITIATION: SITUATION RESPONSE: SOLUTION PROBLEM 19. A: The trouble is that the only way of coming back at yon is by coming back at you with the very # stick # which is your stick, really, the stick of the Law. B: We have rules which govern the way that we conduct our affairs and also the affairs of our clients. # And if we breach any of those particular rules then we are liable to be disciplined. By the Law Society. ... The trouble referred to by the first speaker above (= PROBLEM) can be controlled or solved by the rules mentioned by the second speaker (= SOLUTION). In extracts 20 and 21 the first speaker, A, describes a Situation, a feet, which the second speaker, B, evaluates after confirming it. In the latter case (21) B also adds the reason for her evaluation: 20. A1 BI <A1 B2 A: 'B2: A2 B3 A3 B4 Hmm. Was an American swimming champion , Oh yes, she was i and then | and then became a filmstar. She was a wonder and so beautiful. And she was a wonderful swimmer, wonderful swimmer. She wasn't very good on dry land. She was very shortsighted, she was very funny on dry land 'cause she kept bumping into people, I remember, (laughs) but she was wonderful in the water and very beautiful 'nd great fun to work with Joe Pasternak said: "Wet, she was a star!" Yes. I remember that one of the No, really,
