LINGUIST List 22.2685 Tue Jun 28 2011 Diss: Pragmatics: Šandová: 'Speaker's Involvement in Political...' Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Jana Kozubíková Šandová , Speaker's Involvement in Political Interviews Message 1: Speaker's Involvement in Political Interviews Date: 27-Jun-2011 From: Jana Kozubíková Šandová <janasandovayahoo.com> Subject: Speaker's Involvement in Political Interviews E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Masaryk University Program: English Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2010 Author: Jana Kozubíková Šandová Dissertation Title: Speaker's Involvement in Political Interviews Dissertation URL: http://is.muni.cz/th/237939/ff_d?info=1;zpet=%2Fvyhledavani%2F%3Fsearch%3Di Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Dissertation Director(s): Naděžda Kudrnáčová Dissertation Abstract: This thesis presents a pragma-semantic analysis of linguistic means expressing the speaker's involvement in the genre of political interview. The research is based on an analysis of a corpus of 40 interviews with British and American politicians. The aim of the present thesis is to confirm or reject the claim that the genre of political interview is detached and impersonal as is typical of any other type of formal interaction. This thesis also investigates whether female politicians are more indeterminate and vague in their expression than male politicians, and whether the expression of male politicians is matter-of-fact and more precise. Linguistic means expressing the speaker's involvement examined in this thesis are boosting and hedging devices and modal expressions, which contribute to the modification of the illocutionary force of utterances. All these means are quantitatively analysed and interpreted from the point of view of their pragmatic functions. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 28-Jun-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.