Tsapro G. Gender Strategies and Tactics in English Television Interview

This thesis focuses on the study of gender strategic and tactic peculiarities of the English television interview discourse. The research outlines theoretical grounds of linguistic study of masculine / feminine interview discourse variation. Complex research methodology has been applied to define gender aspect of communicative strategies and tactics. The notion of gender communicative strategy has been specified in accordance with its gender-determined tactics structure. Gender discourse markers (minimal responses and hedges) have been singled out and their characteristic features have been identified. Gender strategies and tactics in interview discourse have been classified.