Sociological Variables and Interactional Strategiesconversations between Instructors and Students at a Catalan University

  1. Cots Caimon, Josep Maria
Revue:
Sintagma: Revista de lingüística

ISSN: 0214-9141

Année de publication: 1993

Volumen: 5

Pages: 25-35

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: Sintagma: Revista de lingüística

Résumé

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.