Turn-taking in legal spoken discourse

KATRŇÁKOVÁ, Hana. Turn-taking in legal spoken discourse. In 2nd International Conference Law, Language and Professional Practice, Napoli. 2012.

Basic information

• Original name: Turn-taking in legal spoken discourse
• Name in Czech: Turn-taking in legal spoken discourse
• Authors: KATRŇÁKOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 2nd International Conference Law, Language and Professional Practice, Napoli, 2012.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14640/12:00064686
• Organization unit: Language Centre
• Keywords in English: turn-taking; spoken interaction; multicultural communication; discursive practices

Abstract

The presentation briefly illustrates discursive practices used in spoken interaction, both between native and non-native university students from Europe and Asia as well as between non-native and native adults, professionals from real world. The main focus is placed on turn taking, and observations drawing from the methodology used in conversation analysis, ethnography of communication, pragmatics and interactional sociolinguistics are presented. Examples of turn taking collected from various sources including a large data of recorded videoconferencing sessions point at speakers intentions, and also uncover differences in perception of politeness in multicultural communication. Presented samples illustrate a range of topics, which vary from discussing a legal case study, presentation of an issue to a multicultural audience to academic discussions and business simulations. The aim of the paper is to show the importance of intercultural/multicultural training, raising cultural awareness in global communication and expressing intent and politeness adequately.