Title Pragmatics of audiovisual text: dynamics of establishing authority in doctor-patient relationship in TV series “In treatment” /
Authors Pokvietytė, Aušra
DOI 10.31178/SC.14.2.03
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Is Part of Styles of communication.. Bucharest : University of Bucharest Publishing House. 2022, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 48-66.. ISSN 2065-7943. eISSN 2067-564X
Keywords [eng] interpersonal relationship ; implicature ; face-saving act ; face-threatening act ; multimodal discourse analysis
Abstract [eng] In natural communication speakers and hearers unconsciously follow some rules that are scientifically investigated by linguistic pragmatics. Even though dialogues in films are created, they mirror natural conversations. Consequently, research methods of linguistic pragmatics are equally beneficial for the investigation of audiovisual texts. Combining theoretical approaches of politeness, implicatures, discourse analysis and multimodality, the study seeks to disclose the process of establishing an authority in a doctor-patient relationship. As a research material, an episode from an American TV Series In Treatment created by Rodrigo Garcia was selected. Both verbal and non-verbal channels were essential for the dynamics in switching between negative and positive politeness. Non-verbal information was also vital for implicatures, when the participants were trying to identify who is in charge and establish the authority relationship.
Published Bucharest : University of Bucharest Publishing House
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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