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Conversation analysis as a technique for exploring the dynamics of a mediated interview
Author(s) -
Friedland Deborah,
Penn Claire
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1080/13682820304811
Subject(s) - conversation , interview , conversation analysis , interpreter , psychology , dynamics (music) , repetition (rhetorical device) , applied psychology , medical education , linguistics , social psychology , communication , psychotherapist , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , sociology , philosophy , anthropology , programming language
The study analysed the dynamics of a mediated medico‐legal interview using conversation analysis (CA) as a key methodology. The aim of using CA was to identify both facilitators and inhibitors of a successfully mediated interview, using a detailed microscopic analysis of the dynamics involved. A 45‐minute interview with the client's parents, the speech pathologist and the interpreter was taperecorded and analysed according to CA principles. Results revealed several facilitators, including equal and active roles, use of code switching, familiarity between the interviewer and interpreter, and use of repetition. Inhibitors included different agendas, complicated repair trajectories and interruptions. In addition, aspects such as cultural brokerage were identified that could be considered neither as facilitators nor as inhibitors. Each area is discussed in detail using extracts from the transcription.