Analyzing the discourse of dinner interaction in the Mosuli family context

Abstract EN

Discourse analysis is the best means to investigate the influence of social status on sequential organization, the types and more frequent acts in family interaction.

In this study, Sinclair-Couldhard's model ( 1975 ) known 'Discourse analysis model' will be adopted.

The aim of this study is to investigate the socio-linguistic variables and their effect on the structure of family interaction in terms of type and frequency of acts and to see whether the status affects the choice of speech, style, type and frequency of acts.

To achieve this aim, the interaction of a Mosuli family in the city center of Mosul has been analyzed.

It is mainly hypothesized that the type and frequency of acts used can be determined by social status.

It is found that the social status has an effect on choosing the speech during which the people clearly aware of their social status when they talk with others .

It is also found that the social status of the interlocutors affects the distribution of turns, type and frequency of acts