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1. 1. How closings are accomplished in talk show interviews : A comparative linguistic study

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Katrin Petersson; [2015]
   Keywords : linguistics; conversation analysis; talk show interviews; comparative study; speech act;

   Abstract : This is a comparative linguistic essay aimed to investigate how closing sections construct social interaction in a number of talk shows, primarily The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. The talk show data is analyzed by means of Conversation Analysis (CA) which considers how language performs social interaction and the structures and norms which give the frames for this. READ MORE