Arabic news interviews: Orientation to conversation-like structures – Abdul Rahman Alfahad

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Arabic news interviews: Orientation to conversation-like structures - Abdul Rahman Alfahad
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Recorded 17th December 2012 . In Abdul’s talk he discusses how news interviews have come a distinctive type of social interaction — he focuses on Arabic news interviews to demonstrate the role that the cultural background takes in shaping different characters. He explores some canonical features of greetings, turn-taking and being neutral before paying attention to features not commonly found in English.

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