Building solidarity through interruption in face-to-face interaction amongst Iranian men
This paper investigates interruptions among upper middle-class Iranian men and the way they strategize and manipulate turns in face-to-face interaction. The recordings of informal conversations of these well acquainted men were transcribed and Beattie’s Interruption Model (1981) was adapted and a...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2018
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13769/1/21609-76295-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13769/ http://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1087 |
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| Summary: | This paper investigates interruptions among upper middle-class Iranian men and the way they
strategize and manipulate turns in face-to-face interaction. The recordings of informal
conversations of these well acquainted men were transcribed and Beattie’s Interruption
Model (1981) was adapted and applied as the framework of analysis. This study employed
qualitative research design whereby natural-occurring conversation of participants from 15
participants from five groups, with each group comprising three participants, was recorded in
the living room of one of the participants. The recorded conversations were transcribed
according to an adapted version of Jefferson’s (1979) transcription convention and were
qualitatively analysed. The transcribed data were analysed using Beattie’s interruption model
(1981) and conversation analysis (CA) to examine the utterances and occurrences of
interruptions based on turns being successful and complete at the time of interruptions. The
findings of this study suggest that Iranian males interrupt each other cooperatively in order to
show their support and solidarity. Although interruptions provide an opportunity for the
interlocutors to dominate the interaction, there were no instances of dominance or any traces
of intrusive behavior. In fact, the strategic use of interruptions denotes a collective effort to
create in-group power that emphasizes solidarity amongst men in this study. This paper
yields findings that go against stereotypical characteristics of men who exert power in their
interactions. Such findings can be the result of the moderated patriarchal norms in Iranian
society, which may have implications for studies on men’s interactional attitudes. |
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