A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Power Relationships in Institutional Talks

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10.2991/assehr.k.191217.189How to use a DOI?

Keywords

institutional talk, power relationship, critical discourse analysis

Abstract

As a special form of conversation, the institutional talk has been described as characteristically asymmetrical in contrast to the ordinary conversational interaction between participants of equal status. On the basis of Fairclough’s three-dimensional CDA analytical model, the present study concentrates on the complex and invisible power relationships between the participants by probing into the grammatical features and the interactional conventions in institutional talks. Findings show that there are unequal power relationships between the participants in the talks. This study concludes by discussing the implications of the findings and proposing the suggestions for future research.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Enyao Li
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/14
TI  - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Power Relationships in Institutional Talks
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 550
EP  - 555
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.191217.189
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.191217.189
ID  - Li2020
ER  -