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    Hedging and turn taking by Pakistani politicians: media discourse analysis
    (University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2016) Abbas, Tanzila
    The present study explores flouting of the conversational maxims by using hedging techniques and turn taking patterns by the politicians and educationists in the political talk shows. The focus is on examining how the maxim of manner and maxim of relation are flouted by the speakers in media discourse. Gender factor has also been taken into account to contexualize it in Pakistani political media discourse analysis as different studies have workrd on it taking insight from the theory of H.Paul Grice’s cooperative principles.One of the study has worked on Exploitation pf Grice’s cooperative maxims in TOEFL Listening Section by Dao Thi Van Hong. This research helps to examine how maxim of manner is hedged and the maxim of relation is flouted through turn taking device by the speakers. Mixed method approach has been used by the researcher. The evidence of using hedges and turn taking is presented by triangulating the results in the form of tables. Twelve political and educational programs were selected for data analysis.The present study finds that the maxim of relation and maxim of manner flouted by the speakers in political talk shows. Female politicians and educationists used hedging technique more than male politicians and educationists. It explores the reasons why flouting of the conversational maxims takes place by the speakers. This study also finds out that female speakers interrupt more than male speakers. Male speakers used forty two percent hedges whereas female speakers used fifty seven percent hedges. Male speaker used turn taking technique thirty seven percent and female speakerssixty four percent during communication.