A SOCIOLINGUISTICS STUDY OF TURN TAKING AND POWER DYNAMICS IN PAKISTANI POLITICAL TALK SHOW

Abstract

This research examines the way individuals in Pakistani political discussion shows exhibit and exercise power in language. It is concerned with the manner in which speakers take turns to speak and how these occurrences illustrate resistance, exercise, or domination. The Conversation Analysis (CA) by Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson (1974), which outlines conversation structure, forms the basis of this research. Iqrar-ul-Hassan hosted and Syed Zeeshan was the guest on an episode of Public Demand that gave the figures. In order to observe how pauses, overlaps, and interruptions were used to control the flow of talk, their conversation was carefully recorded and analyzed. What the findings show is the host often used his authority to control the course of discussion and the visitor protested by interrupting and overlapping.