English Discourse Analysis

This essay covers “Who controls the discourse through the use of interruptions and overlaps?” I will investigate how controlling the discourse shifts power stances within conversation. The specific features I will be investigating are interruptions, overlaps, footing shifts and politeness. I will be linking my findings back to key previous studies in the field. The method of analysis chosen for my study is ‘conversational analysis’ (CA). Conversational analysis is a method studying verba...