Building Solidarity through Interruption in Face-to-Face Interaction amongst Iranian Men

• Main Authors: Mohajer, Leila, Mohd Jan, Jariah
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2018
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21271/; https://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2018-1802-04

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 appl...