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Структура на разговора
Structure of Conversation

Author(s): Yovka Tisheva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: conversation; spoken Bulgarian; formal talk; media;

Summary/Abstract: The main topic of this paper is to describe the structural organization of conversation in the specific situation of television talk-shows (chat shows). The analysis of verbal behavior of the hosts and their guests during the opening part of the conversation are based on large corpus of transcripts from real-life television programs. The comparison between casual (ordinary, everyday) conversations and institutional (formal, media) talks outlines the differences between these two forms of communication, specific sequence organization and turns-at-talk combinations.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 11-19
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian