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https://doi.org/10.22572/mi.28.1.3
Male and Female Rhetoric in Political Interviews
Gordana Varošanec-Škarić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0864-4252
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Branka Šegvić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3547-5263
; Jezični centar Sintagma, Split,
Sažetak
Early linguistic research has shown that some of the greatest differences between male and female speech can be found at the level of discourse. Different linguistic strategies depend on different social roles or different social positions of men and women. Apart from that, the strategies used at the level of discourse are often associated with power and solidarity. This paper focuses on political discourse or more precisely on rhetorical conversation (dialogue) in the form of a political TV interview. By taking into account the importance of social context and power relations in political speech, two different aims have been set: 1) to research how interviewers (journalists) communicate with men and women in the position of power (Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarović); 2) to investigate whether there are any differences in argumentation depending on the speaker’s gender. The research results have shown that the
interviewer’s attitude towards the person in the position of power, as well as the number of interruptions and overlaps, differs depending on the gender of that person. Furthermore, it has been determined that the Prime Minister and the President use different methods of argumentation and different logical fallacies when talking about the subjects related to their mutual communication. The President uses fallacies such as phantom distinction, appeal to postponement or ad socordiam, exemplum in contrarium and argumentum ab utili. On the other hand, the Prime
Minister uses appeal to postponement and sophisms, together with the priority argument (competition per importance), antiperistasis, counterquestions and humour including irony. The Prime Minister’s choice of fallacies supports the narrative expressing dominance.
Ključne riječi
political discourse; interview; male and female rhetoric; fallacies; speech interruptions
Hrčak ID:
277673
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Datum izdavanja:
10.5.2022.
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