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Le désaccord et les formes de politesse dans le débat médiatique marocain: Une approche interactionnelle
Disagreement and forms of politeness in Moroccan media debate: An interactional approach

Author(s): Hassan Azouzi
Subject(s): Language studies, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociolinguistics, Theory of Communication, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Disagreement; interaction; participants; politeness effects; televised debate;

Summary/Abstract: This study aims explores the concept of disagreement in Moroccan media debates during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to analyse how disagreement is expressed and the forms it takes in the context of confrontational televised debates. Drawing on the framework of ethnomethodological conversational analysis, disagreement is viewed as a reactive act that is conditionally dependent on the speaker‘s initiating act. Recognising the potential risks of their respective acts, participants in these verbal interactions employ softeners and/or emphatics to mitigate or intensify their responses, striving to avoid outright rudeness when expressing disagreemnt. The analysis is based on a substantial corpus of transcribed and aligned speech, enabling the identification of key elements that shape responses in this context.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 104-118
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: French
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