Open AccessPower Relations Revealed by a Turn-taking Analysis in Major Barbara
Author(s) -
Yan Liu,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of innovation and social science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2591-6890
DOI - 10.53469/jissr.2022.09(01).17
Subject(s) - drama , stylistics , power (physics) , field (mathematics) , george (robot) , explanatory power , sociology , turn taking , epistemology , history , literature , art , art history , philosophy , mathematics , conversation , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Major Barbara is a famous drama written by George Bernard Shaw. And turn-taking analysis is one of the methods developed within the relatively new field of drama stylistics. The present paper attempts to reveal power relations among the characters under a framework for quantitative turn-taking analysis. An excerpt from Major Barbara is examined. The study shows that the turn-taking analytic framework could achieve not only descriptive adequacy, but also explanatory adequacy to a certain extent.