Definitions Week 5 Flashcards
Conversation analysis
The study of recorded, naturally occurring talk in interaction
The accountability interview
Designed to call public figures to account for their own (or their institution’s) words or actions
IR speaking on behalf of and for us
Directives
Imperative forms of words eg. tell me
Closed questions
Yes or No questions
Honorific titles
Prime Minister, indicate power and respect
Hedging
Using a mitigating word, sound or construction to lessen the impact of an utterance
Tag questions
A grammatical structure in which a declarative or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment
IE and IR
IE = interviewee IR = interviewer
The experiential interview
Designed to provide the audience with personal reactions to a news event or a topic
IR treating IE as one of us
Orientation
When, where, who: describing normality and routine, before the event
Complication
Then, what: brief description of the event as they experienced it at that moment
Evaluation
So what: lengthy account of feelings, emotions, thoughts towards the event
Resolution
Finally, what: brief description of the final act (ie. escape/rescue)
Coda
Now what
The expert interview
Designed to shed light on a news event or on a technical topic
IR mediating between us and the expert IE
