Constructing the identity of an expert advicer in Turkish newspaper agony aunt’s column

Advice letters written by the agony aunt include complex set of activities like ‘assessing, judging and directing’ through which the agony aunt represents an identity to the problem-seekers and the readers following her column to gain acceptance or to prolong that acceptance. The current study attem...

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Published in:	Türkbilig Vol. 2021; no. 42; pp. 195 - 209
Main Author:	Akıncı Oktay,Suhan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hacettepe Üniversitesi 2021
Subjects:	Edebiyat Türk Dili Ankara Türkiye advice letters discursive moves mizah öğüt advice humour Öğüt mektupları söylemsel adımlar ilişkisel kategoriler relational categories öğüt veren kimliği advicer identity
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Summary:	Advice letters written by the agony aunt include complex set of activities like ‘assessing, judging and directing’ through which the agony aunt represents an identity to the problem-seekers and the readers following her column to gain acceptance or to prolong that acceptance. The current study attempts to find out how the Turkish agony aunt presents herself to Turkish public in general and to the problem seekers following her column in particular. The data is retrived from an online newspaper site and six discursive strategies are adapted from Locher’s (2006) advicer identity study. The results of the study indicate that Turkish identity is different in relation to American advicer identity by certain aspects. One of the striking differences in the employment of advice is that whileTurkish advicer does not prefer to use humor when replying to the problem-seekers, American adviser uses humor.
ISSN:	1302-6011