Btec Business Level 3 Unit 7 M1

In my investigation I will be studying the use of language during the live general election debates in 2010. The election was the first of its kind seen in the UK whereby all parties would take part in three live TV debates across three different broadcasters, Sky News, ITV and BBC. All questions asked were not disclosed to the leaders before the debate and of course, the stakes could not be higher, with a potential prime ministerial role on the line.

The reason for my choice is simple, politics has always appealed to me as fascinating and exciting. Given the recent election and hung parliament, I want to look back at how the language used in the run up to the election affected each candidate. The question I am hoping to answer from the
These interruptions often occur between the two election candidates Mr Brown and Mr Cameron. Using this feature of discourse attacks a person’s authority in the conversation and strives to gain more positional power. This is supported by Fishman’s theory that men tend to interrupt, disagree and ignore utterance from other males to seek more dominance in conversation. It is also supported by Kuiper’s theory that males tend to not save face but disagree with one another, use insults and interrupt so that both speakers lose