Christophe Gagne
List of John Benjamins publications in which Christophe Gagne is involved.
Articles
2025 Reactions to interruptions in Finnish, French and German parliamentary debates Journal of Language and Politics 24:2, pp. 301–327 | Article
This paper analyses unauthorised turns – namely, interruptions – in parliamentary debates, by focusing on their lesser-studied interactional characteristics, that is, reactions. Drawing upon cross-cultural pragmatics, we compare reactions in Finnish (Eduskunta of Finland), French (Assemblée… read more
2025 “It’s the National Assembly here, Madam!”: Managing discursive conflicts through forms of address in interruptions and reactions in Finnish, French, and German parliamentary debates Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict: Online-First Articles | Article
Parliamentary debates are adversarial in nature (Ilie 2003). This paper focuses on interruptions, which have been described as a means by which to disturb the speech of an authorised speaker (Truan 2016a), and their subsequent reactions. Herein, we aim to examine the link between the use of… read more
2023 Chapter 8. A comparative study of nominal forms of address in metropolitan French and British English service encounters It's different with you: Contrastive perspectives on address research, Baumgarten, Nicole and Roel Vismans (eds.), pp. 197–219 | Chapter
This chapter investigates nominal forms of address in metropolitan French and British English service encounters. The study considers the different pragmatic functions they play in interaction, examining their relational and organisational properties, combining a politeness theoretic framework… read more