10
4
Lisa: mummy::
5
Sian:
she’s got this baby voice I don’t know where she gets this baby fro
8
there’s a good girl go and stand still an don’t go running about
9
fast (.) you know why she was sick she had a bellyache last night
FTAp + CSC [caring
strategy]
10
she went to um
11
Liz:
girl scouts?
RI
12
Sian: she went to Zoe’s party (.) party ate a load of rubbish then she went to
13
girl scouts an had another party an ate a load of rubbish …
14
I said last night you've just eaten too much haven't you ?
15
she had this bellyache at half past six this morning she was sick FTAp
+SE -> CSC
16
Liz:
oh
love
her
GSM
When Sian questions Lisa’s use of a baby voice (lines 5 & 6), the intonation in
her own remarks mirror the tone of her daughter’s voice, it is probable that this sequence
reflects the discursive identities that both mother and daughter adopt when Lisa is ill.
Sian, however, now that she is in the company of adults, appears to feel a need to
disclaim the identity of the over-protective mother. To over-protect or baby your child at
an older age (Lisa is nine years old), is likely to be seen as a negative quality of
mothering, and to appear a 'baby' is not appropriate for a child of this age. But there is a
potential face threat inherent in revealing that she has allowed Lisa to over-indulge in
Convention