A Conversation Analytic Examination of Alignment and Disalignment in Political News Interviews; Embedding Presuppositions and Refuting Accusations via Questions

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Abstract

This paper presents findings of a conversation analytic study of alignment and disalignment displayed in interviewers’ turns in political news interviews. Drawing on data from broadcast news interviews at the UN Headquarters between journalists and Ambassadors involved in the Israel-Palestine conflict, I expand on existing research to study the importance of the linguistic form of interviewer’ turns and the structure of sequences in performing actions like displaying stance, and showing alignment and disalignment with interviewees.

Author

• Dana Shalash, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign