Abstract
Abstract
This paper examines the role of assessments in the design of interviewees’ answers in news interviews settings on
two Arabic networks. It employs a Conversation Analysis approach, in addition to quantitative analysis, to observe the most
recurrent positions for emerging assessments in interviewees’ answers. In addition, it examines the role of these assessments in
providing evasive answers to interviewers’ questions. The data consists of twenty-eight hours of recorded Arab news interviews
from four shows: Liqāʾ Xāṣ (Special Interview) and Bilā Ḥudūd (Without Bounds) on Aljazeera and
Nuqṭat Niḏ̣ām (Point of Order) and Muqābalah Xāṣah (Special Interview) on Al-Arabiya. The
findings reveal that assessments emerge in recurrent positions in interviewees’ answers and play a role in their design. Likewise,
they show the role of assessments in the design of evasive answers.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics