Research on the Intercultural Communication of the Programme Informal Talks from the Perspective of Interactive Linguistics

Abstract

This paper is based on authentic spoken data from the Programme Informal Talks and employs an interactional communication perspective to analyze the conversational patterns and sequential environments presented in the corpus. It aims to reveal the discourse representations in a cross-cultural context and to explore the interaction mechanisms between conversational patterns and socio-cultural factors, when communicators express differing stances, they may employ various conversational patterns that correspond to the content of the discourse, the appropriateness of the discourse, and the expression of negative emotional attitudes. When targeting the content of the discourse, negation can be conveyed through articulating opposing views, rejecting established social norms, or negating implicit meanings. When addressing the appropriateness of the discourse, subsequent statements often reflect the speaker’s need for specific clarification, which may involve challenging the authority of the knowledge presented.