Conflict talk and argumentative strategies in highly adversarial talk shows: The case of Al-Jazeera’s The Opposite Direction
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Fathi Migdadi
Fathi Migdadi is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include pragmatics, conflict talk, and sociolinguistics.
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Muhammad A. Badarneh
Muhammad A. Badarneh is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include pragmatics, politeness theory, and argumentation.
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Khaled Abu Abbas
Khaled Abu Abbas is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include phonetics, phonology, and social interaction.
Abstract
This study examines the conflict strategies used in the highly adversarial and popular Arabic-language talk show broadcasted weekly on Al-Jazeera satellite channel, known as Al-Ittijah Al-Mu’aakis 'The Opposite Direction'. The study identifies the conflict strategies and verbal conflict expressions and approaches them in the light of Interactional Sociolinguistics. The analysis of three episodes debating three different topics shows that disputants used several types of strategies including "impoliteness", "aggravated impoliteness", topic restriction, lengthy holding of the floor, and sarcasm. The speakers' bald-on-record expressions of disagreement are expected as a result of the controversial and polemical nature of the show, which creates fierce competition between the two guests to present their arguments in an aggressive way.
About the authors
Fathi Migdadi is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include pragmatics, conflict talk, and sociolinguistics.
Muhammad A. Badarneh is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include pragmatics, politeness theory, and argumentation.
Khaled Abu Abbas is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include phonetics, phonology, and social interaction.
©[2013] by De Gruyter Mouton Berlin
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