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A dialogic speech act approach to ridiculing references in the French presidential debate of 2022
- Source: Language and Dialogue, Volume 13, Issue 3, Oct 2023, p. 364 - 382
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- 04 Mar 2023
- 17 Jul 2023
- 19 Sept 2023
Abstract
Abstract
The article proposes a dialogic approach to ridiculing in the French presidential debate of 2022, illustrating the ridiculing act as representative of the core dynamics of political debates. The analysis enabled the configuration of a prototype of the ridiculing act within a dialogic sequence of action and reaction, which shows that ridiculing most frequently occurs as an immediate reaction or reactive chain to actions initiated in the free discussion sections of the dialogue. The selected dialogic sequences are shaped by some particularities of ridiculing as a macro speech act of negative humour and the genre of the presidential debate, such as the interplay of the different layers of meaning, as well as the fixed rules of turn-taking, the front-staged nature of the talk and the participation framework.