Turn-Taking in A Pakistani Talk Shows: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

In the recent years the Talk Shows under the light of News journalism has taken the role or responsibility to guide us through a way to act as responsible citizens. However there are many other different genres, contents and forums that may also provoke in us the sensible and responsible citizenship. These platforms not only provide us with talking points but communicative spaces also gives us norms to study the language acquisition, sociolinguistics, turn constructional Units (TCUs), and Transition Relevance Place (TRP) in conversational analysis through talk shows. The internet, TV channels, podcasts, social media provides an ample space for everyday-life politicization. This article addresses this process of turn-taking which is a fundamental mechanism in conversational dynamics. Which governs how individuals in a dialogue switch speaking roles, ensuring smooth and organized changes sometimes disturbed by overlapping through aggression or excitement. Turn taking involves implicit and explicit cues that help participants manage the flow of speech and determines who speaks when and for how long? Turn-taking patterns vary significantly across languages and cultural contexts, which often reflects the cultural and religious norms. Studying turn-taking not only reveals insights into linguistic structures and interactional patterns but also highlights the ways in which social co-ordinance is achieved through language.