Indexing Voice: A Morality Tale

Indexing Voice: A Morality Tale

Bibliographic Data

ID22961698
AuthorsW Keane (0000-0003-4981-7030, University of Michigan, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume21
Issue2
Pages166-178
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01104.x
OpenAlexW2101559801
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited45

This reexamination of Hill's "Voices of Don Gabriel" looks at the role of typifications, and conflicts among them, in the process of moral self-formation and even self-discovery. What Hill calls "voices" link evanescent moments of stylistic variation and stance to more stable figures that can be recognized across interactions. My reading of her dialogic approach stresses the productivity of the clash of voices. The concept of voice forms a connection between general aspects of intersubjectivity, detailed features of interaction, and the historical specificity of moral communities. [morality, stance, typification, indexicality, interaction, voice]

Dialogic · Indexicality · Intersubjectivity · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Rhetoric and Communication Studies