L’interruption, un Droit des Hommes?

Yu PENG

Abstract


Many studies show that one of the most important differences between men and women is that men prefer the no cooperative interruptions while women like the cooperative interruptions. The no cooperative interruption is considered as a conversation strategy which leads to power, dominance and control. But our study find out that le no cooperative interruption is not un male privilege, according to our corpus rest on the recording of 5 women leader’s conversations. Women leaders know well how to use the no cooperative interruptions to control conversation, show their authority and build their leader’s identity.


Keywords


Interruption; Femme responsible; Masculinisation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/7994

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