Multimodal Analysis of Low-Stakes Conflicts: A Proposal for a Dynamic Model - Conflict and Multimodal Communication: Social Research and Machine Intelligence - page 272

00:00:29.176-00:00:30.562 B-Andrea: << all > sag mal was habt ihr von

verantwortung > (what kind of irresponsibility do you ::: )

With her few acts of verbal and nonverbal behavior speaker B tries to reaffirm
her interactional rights and above all her wish to exercise conversational power.
The roles are inverted: she begins to take a more reactive position and she answers
reactively. She attempts to impose a second topic in her critique of speaker A:
“komm_n mal zum thema essen D ”( let's talk about the food )—the topic of food. In
this way, she reinforces her attack on him with a stronger face threat and an attempt
to allocate interactional power in her favor. The woman stretches out her hand
towards the man to draw his attention to a different topic. She attempts to present the
man as being a bad housekeeper and father who doesn't care about his child's health.
This renewed attack on the man's positive face starts with assertive comments:
“ D ick hab kein obst gefund_n D ick hab kein gemüse gefund_n D ”( there is no
fruit, there are no vegetables ) and follows immediately after that with an aggressive
reproach. In the end, she casts doubt on the sense of responsibility of speaker A and
his wife as parents: “ D<< all > sag mal was habt ihr von verantwortung > ”( what
kind of irresponsibility do you ::: ). While suggesting irresponsible behavior on the
man's part, speaker B shakes her head to signalize hopelessness. At this moment
the man denies the woman the right to speak with a sudden, loud imperative:
“ << f > sto:pp > ” (enough!) and in order to prevent her from further reproaches, he
stretches his arms apart in a position of radial abduction, with his voice raised. This
leads to a sudden interruption of eye-contact and the man threatens her with the use
of physical violence: “ << ff > sonst kriegst du ein_auf die schnauze > ” (or you'll get
a punch in the face !). The threat is pronounced with falling intonation, which in
German is typical of this kind of sentences. He stands up in anger and leaves the
room slamming the door behind him.

00:00:30.562-00:00:30.885 A-Andreas: << f > sto:pp ><< ff > sonst kriegst du gle-
ich ein_auf die schnauze > (enough! Or you'll get a punch in the face!)