Back-channeling in Celebrities Interviews: A Socio-discoursal Study

Zainab Saad Mohammed; Ahmed Adel Nouri

doi:10.21271/zjhs.29.Con.1.45

المؤلفون

Zainab Saad Mohammed Department of English, College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Diyala- Diyala Governorate, Iraq
Ahmed Adel Nouri Department of English, College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Diyala- Diyala Governorate, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21271/zjhs.29.Con.1.45

الكلمات المفتاحية:

backchannel, male, female, functions, types.

الملخص

ملخص

المحادثة هي فعل يتناوب فيه شخصان أو أكثر على المحاورة. كل واحد منهم يتكلم في وقت محدد؛ وهكذا فان فعل المحادثة لا يتم بشكل عشوائي. ومع ذلك، قد تحدث بعض المشاكل عندما يتنافس بعض التمحاورين على أخذ الدور. وعلى العكس من ذلك، قد يساهم المحاور بطريقة ما في نجاح المحادثة واستمرارها.حيث يمكنه ان يساعد المتحدث من خلال استخدام استراتيجية ارجاع الدور(.(backchannel

تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى دراسة وتحليل ستراتيجية ارجاع الدور( (backchannel المستخدمة في محادثة المتحدثين الأصليين (المشاهير). الغرض من هذه الدراسة هو النظر في كيفية توظيف الجنسين المختلفين لهذه الظاهرة اللغوية. ولتحقيق هذا الهدف، يلقي الباحث نظرة على بعض المقابلات المختارة مع ممثلين مشهورين ومصممي أزياء وسياسيين. وتكشف النتائج أن الإناث تميل إلى استخدام القنوات الخلفية بشكل متكرر أكثر من الذكور. كما ثبت أيضًا أن استخدام القنوات الخلفية اللفظية أكثر شيوعًا من استخدام القنوات غير اللفظية.

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