Alena L. Vasilyeva
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alena L. Vasilyeva plays a role.
2024 Framing interactivity in complex communication of debate talk show Language and Dialogue 14:3, pp. 473–491 | Article
The present study explores how disagreement space is managed in a multiparty argumentative activity of debate talk show that focuses on the political situation in Belarus. The communicative activity under study is viewed as a type of difficult conversation that takes place between two groups… read more
2023 Debaters’ actions to manage interaction in the context of the debate talk show Practices of Dialogue, Dialogues in Practice, Létourneau, Alain, Geneviève Boivin and Nicolas Bencherki (eds.), pp. 229–253 | Article
The project explores how conflict is managed in a debate talk show that addresses the current situation in Belarus and its future. The analysis shows that the debaters act as co-designers of the debate activity. They indicate a variety of moves that they find inappropriate (e.g., personal… read more
2021 Constructing disagreement space: Talk show host’s actions Language and Dialogue 11:3, pp. 379–404 | Article
The study is a single case analysis and explores how disagreement space is constructed in a dialogue that addresses language ideology and identity issues in Belarus. Disagreement space is understood as a set of the interactant’s commitments, beliefs, intentions that can be reconstructed from… read more
2020 Constructing others and dialogue with them in the course of public educational meetings Dialogue and Ways of Relating, Chen, Huey-Rong (ed.), pp. 118–145 | Article
The study explores public educational meetings that aim to promote the Belarusian language and culture. In the course of the meetings, those who do not have the same values and are not present during meetings are brought up into a conversation. In other words, the voice of the others who are not… read more
2018 The facilitator’s communicative actions to construct meetings in a semi-informal educational context Language and Dialogue 8:3, pp. 414–438 | Article
The study examines how interactivity is constructed in the course of multi-person interaction in a semi-informal educational context. The audio-recordings of seven meetings of a female discussion club in Belarus and their transcripts serve as interactional data. The club was organized with a… read more
2016 Confrontation and collaboration in the course of the election debate Language and Dialogue 6:3, pp. 370–395 | Article
The study explores verbal conflict in an institutional context and examines how the election debate format and the moderators’ actions contribute to the emergence of confrontation between themselves and the debaters, what communicative practices the debaters use to resist an institutionally… read more
2015 Identity as a resource to shape mediation in dialogic interaction Language and Dialogue 5:3, pp. 355–380 | Article
This article examines how mediators contribute to formulating a particular type of interactivity by bringing to the forefront institutionally appropriate identities of participants. An existing collection of 18 transcripts from audio recordings of mediation sessions at a mediation center in the… read more
2012 Argumentation in the context of mediation activity Journal of Argumentation in Context 1:2, pp. 209–233 | Article
This study examines 18 transcripts from audio recordings of mediation sessions at a mediation center in the western United States to explore argumentation in the context of mediation activity. The mediation sessions involve divorced or divorcing couples attempting to create or repair a plan for… read more
2008 Managing disagreement in multiparty deliberation Controversy and Confrontation: Relating controversy analysis with argumentation theory, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 197–214 | Article