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Publication details [#14284]

Ilie, Cornelia. 2001. Semi-institutional discourse: The case of talk shows. Journal of Pragmatics 33 (2) : 209–254.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166

Annotation

This paper compares the discursive features of two American talk shows with those of casual conversation and institutional interaction. It is argued that the semi-institutional discourse of talk shows - featuring elements of both casual conversation and institutional discourse - sets this type of host-controlled, participant-shaped and audience-evaluated speech event apart.