Sociological Variables and Interactional Strategiesconversations between Instructors and Students at a Catalan University
ISSN: 0214-9141
Year of publication: 1993
Volume: 5
Pages: 25-35
Type: Article
More publications in: Sintagma: Revista de lingüística
Abstract
The author of this article analyzes 5 conversations between instructors and students at a Catalan university during office hours. The aim of the study is to describe the realtionship between the sociological variables of Distance, Power and Imposition proposed by Brown and Levinson (1978) and the types of strategies deployed by the instructors and students in constructing their discourse.