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whereas its realisation in the American group is both direct and indirect. Vocatives
addressing full names and often the function of politicians always assume the role of
boundary markers, which mark the border between the opening and the first topic cycle.
This boundary marker is parallel to the one found in the closing of the interview.
Initial component – An exchange of greetings, i.e. the initial component, is a
mandatory move in the British and the Montenegrin group of political interviews. It is
accomplished most consistently in the Montenegrin openings, where its frequency is high
and its realisation is complete. In the British introductions, the move is accomplished
mostly incompletely, and very often, the realisation of the adjacency pair is interrupted
with an insertion sequence. In the structure of the American openings, the initial
component appears only rarely (30%), which is in accordance with the evaluation that
these interviews are the most dynamic.
Greeting the audience – The move greeting the audience is necessary only in the
structure of Montenegrin political interview openings, where it is always accomplished
using standard phrases. The American and the British groups do not feature this move,
not even optionally.
Show / broadcasting company introduction – As with the move greeting the
audience, this move turned out mandatory only in the Montenegrin openings. By using
this move, the show is very precisely located in the outside context.
We have seen that the process of entering an interview, however (no matter how?)
brief, actually fulfils a variety of important linguistic, journalistic and social functions.
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