Gabriel Tetteh

Negotiating relational goals in PhD vivas: A multimodal, interpersonal-pragmatic analysis of how examiners manage supervisors’ face

In PhD vivas, examiners are often confronted with the challenge of meeting expectations as ‘gatekeepers’ and managing the face needs of candidates’ supervisors (whose supervisory expertise also indirectly comes under scrutiny) without sacrificing rigour. This notwithstanding, vir...