7
4
every time he came with a handful of stones an I jumped up from behind
5
the fence an said DON’T YOU DARE ! throw those at Jonathon I said if
you
6
want to play nicely fine if not then you stay up your own end an I really
7
wiped the floor with him an I shouted at him (.) =
CSC +
SE
[
8
Liz:
good for
you
Jenny
SCm
In Extract 1 Jenny makes a CSC claim by describing an account of how she
protects her son from a neighborhood ‘bully’. She verbally enacts the scene for the other
mothers, emphasizing her role as protector. Liz’s SCm remark shows Jenny’s behavior
is approved of as being the action of a ‘good mother’.
Extract 2
1
Jenny: = I thought yeah you come at me because I'm just in the mood
2
for you CSC
3
Liz:
yeah!
SCm
4
Jenny: I've always said that they don't hit kids that
5
are smaller than you in fact they don't hit kids at all SE + CSC
Despite showing evidence of possible aggressive behaviour (Extract 2: L1) Jenny
successfully claims discursive social capital through an SE move (L 4-5) showing that
Convention