There’s Risks in Everything: Extreme-Case Formulations and Accountability in Inquiry Testimony
There’s Risks in Everything: Extreme-Case Formulations and Accountability in Inquiry Testimony
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凡事都有风险：调查证词中的极端情况表述和问责制
DOI：
10.1177/0957926504046503
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
J. Sidnell
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作者：
J. Sidnell
根据最近对加拿大安大略省一个小镇水污染原因调查的录像记录，本文对回避策略进行了分析。分析的重点是使用“极端情况表述”，如“凡事都有风险”和“内阁或内阁委员会的每次会议都很重要”（Pomerantz, 1986; Sacks, 1995）。在调查证词的背景下，这样的表述使时任安大略省省长不必为可能应受谴责的行为负责。
Drawing on the video record of a recent inquiry into the causes of water contamination in a small town in Ontario, Canada, this article presents an analysis of evasive strategies. The analysis focuses on the use of ‘extreme case formulations’ such as ‘there’s risks in everything’ and ‘every meeting of Cabinet or Cabinet Committee is important’ (Pomerantz, 1986; Sacks, 1995). Within the context of inquiry testimony, such formulations allowed the thenpremier of Ontario to avoid having to account for possibly blameworthy actions.