Conversational Structures

Question 1

What is an adjacency pair?

Answer 1

Patterns of speech between two or more people

An utterance is follow e by an appropriate, linked response

Question 2

List all the adjacency pairs

Answer 2

Question - Answer

Request - Reply (positive or negative)

Greeting/Farewell - Appropriate Response

Statement - Statement (agreeing or disagreeing)

Command - Obedience or Disobedience

Question 3

What features show topic control?

Answer 3

Establishing topic of discourse
Controls direction of conversation
Who initiates?

Question 4

Describe turn taking

Answer 4

A turn is when a speaker is talking and turn-taking is know when to start and finish a turn

Question 5

What is an interruption?

Answer 5

• generally construed as negative
• a speaker begins to speak before the previous speaker is finished to gain control in conversation
• used to show disagreement
• acts of a conflicting nature

Question 6

What is an overlap?

Answer 6

• construed as positive
• speakers speak over each other as a sign of enthusiasm or support
• generally more cooperative and supportive
• less competitive than an interruption