Publications
Publication details [#26565]
O'Connor, Patricia E. 1994. 'You could feel it through the skin'. Agency and positioning in prisoners' stabbing stories. Text 14 (1) : 45–75.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study examines indexical variation in pronoun use (you and I) and subsequent agency shifts in prisoners' stabbing stories, which appear to contribute to the (social) construction of the self and of the story.