• DocumentCode
    3205423
  • Title

    An analysis of a discourse using Interactional Sociolinguistics approach

  • Author

    Awang, Suryani ; Maros, Marlyna ; Ibrahim, Noraini

  • Author_Institution
    School of Language and Linguistic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-7 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1081
  • Lastpage
    1086
  • Abstract
    This paper shows how an analysis of a discourse was done using Interactional Sociolinguistics (IS) approach. The data were collected through observations made on an admission interview for the programme of Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kelantan Branch. The discourse that took place during the interview was transcribed before analysis on communication strategies employed by the participants was done.
  • Keywords
    Business; Context; Education; Interviews; Irrigation; Pragmatics; Switches; Interactional Sociolinguistics; communication strategies; communicative competence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Science and Social Research (CSSR), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8987-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSSR.2010.5773692
  • Filename
    5773692