La référence à l'autorité dans la conversation

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyse the indexical function of the reference to authority juxtaposed with assertive acts in conversation. This then prolongs the work of the polyphonic school, which shed light on the function of modulation and parametrization of authority referencing statements and this, leaning toward the side of action in the pure sense. We will show that the reference to authority can allow an experienced speaker to manage a number of psychosocial issues by discretely intervening on the terrain of inferences. The article will situate this theoretical proposition in the field of work on argumentation and will develop it by studying the cases of three issues.

Keywords

• argumentation
• authority
• conversation
• inferences
• speaker