Affiliation:
1. University of Massachusetts Amherst
Abstract
Abstract
The study is a single case analysis and explores how disagreement space is constructed in a dialogue that
addresses language ideology and identity issues in Belarus. Disagreement space is understood as a set of the interactant’s
commitments, beliefs, intentions that can be reconstructed from their actions and “called out” by another participant (Jackson 1992). The interactional data includes the video-recording of the debate that was
devoted to the issue whether Belarusian should be the only official language of Belarus. While two opponents are dominating
parties in this debate, the host also plays an important role in this argumentative activity. The current study examines the
host’s actions to shape disagreement space and argues that the host should be viewed as a valid party in a multi-party
argumentative activity.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies