Negative theme zones in political interviews: a contrastive analysis of German and English turn-initial positions
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A rejection represents a face-threatening act par excellence. This does not only hold for private, but also for public and mediated discourse. Against this background, a contrastive analysis of rejections has been conducted, which is based on 12 short dyadic interviews between professional journalists and the losers of the general elections in Britain and Germany. The data share identical external parameters, almost ...
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Studies in contrastive linguistics : Proceedings of the 4th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference |
| Editors | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 305-312 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-84-97506-48-9, 84-97506-48-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | 4th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference - ICLC 2005 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain Duration: 20.09.2005 → 23.09.2005 Conference number: 4 https://hispanismo.cervantes.es/congresos-y-cursos/fourth-international-contrastive-linguistics-conference-iclc-4 |
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