INTERRUPTION AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING GENDER AGGRESSION AND AS A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATES)

Authors

  • Luiza Marabyan European University of Armenia
  • Sona Hakobyan European University of Armenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53614/18294952-2022.1-145

Keywords:

interruption, woman, man, political debate, candidate, gender aggression, strategy․

Abstract

In recent years, the linguistic study of political debates is considered a novel trend within the framework of political discourse and critical discourse analysis. Studies prove that political debates are speech events, allowing to evaluate participants according to their speech style and behavior. The given article touches upon the gender influence on behavior control and outlines the core reasons of speech interruptions for men and women. The study basically outlines the strategies of communicative interruptions in line with gender speech differences trying to reveal the balance of interruptions among men and women. Besides emphasizing the reasons of each gender interruptions in political debates, the types of communicative interruptions are being studied in the context of different genders. In the article the following types of interruption is being discussed: parallel speech, interference, silent interruption, disruptive speech, simple interruption. Overall, the study is based on the US presidential candidate debates and gender aggression is then being disclosed through interruptions.

Author Biographies

Luiza Marabyan, European University of Armenia

In recent years, the linguistic study of political debates is considered a novel trend within the framework of political discourse and critical discourse analysis. Studies prove that political debates are speech events, allowing to evaluate participants according to their speech style and behavior. The given article touches upon the gender influence on behavior control and outlines the core reasons of speech interruptions for men and women. The study basically outlines the strategies of communicative interruptions in line with gender speech differences trying to reveal the balance of interruptions among men and women. Besides emphasizing the reasons of each gender interruptions in political debates, the types of communicative interruptions are being studied in the context of different genders. In the article the following types of interruption is being discussed: parallel speech, interference, silent interruption, disruptive speech, simple interruption. Overall, the study is based on the US presidential candidate debates and gender aggression is then being disclosed through interruptions.

Sona Hakobyan, European University of Armenia

Head of the Chair at Applied Linguistics, European University of Armenia, Ph.D. in Philology

Email: hakobyan04.07@gmail.com

Published

2022-06-27

How to Cite

Marabyan Լ. ., & Hakobyan Ս. . (2022). INTERRUPTION AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING GENDER AGGRESSION AND AS A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATES). Banber Eurasia International University, 1(1), 145–153. https://doi.org/10.53614/18294952-2022.1-145

Issue

Section

LINGUISTICS AND PHILOLOGY