Non-serious answers to (improper) questions in talk shows

Sheikhan, Sayyed Amir; Haugh, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2022.01.020

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“…TV interviews have been studied from the im/politeness, language, and ideological perspectives, such as how im/politeness models and strategies are used ( Culpeper, 2005 ; Cook, 2014 ; Fedyna, 2016 ; Rabab’Ah et al, 2019 ; Damayanti and Mubarak, 2021 ; Sitorus et al, 2022 ) linguistic features ( Ilie, 2001 ), the representation of ideologies and power relations ( Bilal et al, 2012 ; Sharifi et al, 2017 ), the host’s role in managing discourse ( Oyeleye and Olutayo, 2012 ), structural units ( Kamil Ali, 2018 ), and guests’ non-serious responses ( Sheikhan and Haugh, 2022 ), to name but a few. However, as previously stated, few studies have focused specifically on DMs in the context of TV interviews.…”

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Discourse markers in TV interviews: A corpus-based comparative study of Chinese and the western media

2022

Front. Psychol.

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This article, which is part of an on-going large-scale study, quantitatively explores and compares the frequency, patterns, and positions of the three most frequently used discourse markers (DMs): so, and, but in TV interviews. The data comprise three corpora consisting of three media programs from China, the US, and the UK. Results show that there is a statistically significant difference in the frequency of the DM so and the DM and, with each DM having the highest frequency in a specific corpus. Four co-occurring strings (“and so,” “and but,” “so but,” “but so”) are identified in the three corpora with the DM co-occurrence “and so” having the highest frequency in the American program, supporting the claim that this combination is a typical use in American English. The general positional distribution of the three DMs is similar with the highest tendency in the initial position, which can be attributed to the program’s interactivity. The findings will enhance our understanding of the three DMs used in media discourse and should be of practical significance to media hosts and guests in achieving better bilateral communication.

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Discourse markers in TV interviews: A corpus-based comparative study of Chinese and the western media

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Responses to conversational humour: An analytical framework

Sheikhan

2024

Journal of Pragmatics

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“I hope this is your last sorrow”

Sheikhan

2023

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The objective of the present study is to examine condolence strategies and the sociocultural norms underlying the realisation of the speech act of condolence in Persian. To achieve this, a three-layered data collection methodology including two focus group interviews (FGIs), field notes, and a discourse completion task (DCT) were used. FGIs and field notes were utilised to shed light on the cultural norms as well as any variables affecting the expressions of condolence. The DCT, on the other hand, was administered to explicate the form and frequency of condolence strategies in Persian. Results indicate that, influenced by six sociocultural variables, 20 distinct condolence strategies are used in Persian. Furthermore, findings show that, while these strategies are used with varying degrees of frequency in different situations, when expressing condolence, Persian speakers place high importance on empathising with the bereaved interlocutor.

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Non-serious answers to (improper) questions in talk shows

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Discourse markers in TV interviews: A corpus-based comparative study of Chinese and the western media

Discourse markers in TV interviews: A corpus-based comparative study of Chinese and the western media

Responses to conversational humour: An analytical framework

“I hope this is your last sorrow”

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