A Pragmatic Study of Gestural Strategies in English Sport TV Interviews

Gestures and speech are significant features that collaborate to create meaning in an interaction. The current study aims to investigate the use of these gestural strategies in English sport TV interviews. This study is based on the hypothesis that interlocutors in TV interviews employ...

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Main Authors: Zainab Mohammed Radhi, Atyaf Hassan Ibrahim, Liqaa Habeb Al-Obaydi
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Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Barru 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature
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Online Access:https://jurnal.stkipmb.ac.id/index.php/jelita/article/view/106
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description Gestures and speech are significant features that collaborate to create meaning in an interaction. The current study aims to investigate the use of these gestural strategies in English sport TV interviews. This study is based on the hypothesis that interlocutors in TV interviews employ various gesture strategies. The selected interviews have been analyzed in the light of an eclectic model based on model Kulkarni (2013) and Searle (1979). The former is used to analyze the various types of body movements and gesticulation, while the latter is used to analyze gestures as speech acts. The results of the selected interviews revealed that gestural strategies are closely tied to the context of situation. Each gesture performs a specific speech act. The interlocutors in sport interviews express their feelings and attitudes through gestures in an efficient manner. They use gestures to express agreement, openness, sympathy, grief and anxiety. In sport interviews, the interlocutors use gestures freely by moving their hands, arms, heads, and every other part of their bodies.
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spelling doaj-art-ceb7d2ec42bd428e85255b7495919ccf2025-08-20T03:23:46ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah BarruJournal of English Language Teaching and Literature2721-10962721-19162022-08-0132109128https://doi.org/10.56185/jelita.v3i2.106A Pragmatic Study of Gestural Strategies in English Sport TV InterviewsZainab Mohammed Radhi0Atyaf Hassan Ibrahim1Liqaa Habeb Al-Obaydi2University of Diyala, IraqUniversity of Diyala, IraqUniversity of Diyala, IraqGestures and speech are significant features that collaborate to create meaning in an interaction. The current study aims to investigate the use of these gestural strategies in English sport TV interviews. This study is based on the hypothesis that interlocutors in TV interviews employ various gesture strategies. The selected interviews have been analyzed in the light of an eclectic model based on model Kulkarni (2013) and Searle (1979). The former is used to analyze the various types of body movements and gesticulation, while the latter is used to analyze gestures as speech acts. The results of the selected interviews revealed that gestural strategies are closely tied to the context of situation. Each gesture performs a specific speech act. The interlocutors in sport interviews express their feelings and attitudes through gestures in an efficient manner. They use gestures to express agreement, openness, sympathy, grief and anxiety. In sport interviews, the interlocutors use gestures freely by moving their hands, arms, heads, and every other part of their bodies.https://jurnal.stkipmb.ac.id/index.php/jelita/article/view/106gesturespragmaticssport tv interviews
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title A Pragmatic Study of Gestural Strategies in English Sport TV Interviews
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sport tv interviews
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