Unit 3 - Conversational Analysis Flashcards
(34 cards)
turn
unit of conversation
opportunity to speak
uninterrupted speech
change of speaker
floor
the right to speak
participants fight, give up, hold, share, dominate, pass on the floor
turn taking system
exchange of turns
turn-construction component
talk turns are constructed
moment felt when turn finished + floor exchange happens
turn-distribution component
at TRP
- current S selects next
- current S continues with another turn-construction
- another S self-selects
transition relevance point (TRP)
completion point
moment when change of turn occurs
back channel
(non-)vocal signs that show attention but don’t interrupt
pauses/silence
accidental or intentional
may become significant or awkward
intraturn / filled pause
hesitation that may cause loss of turn
overlap
harmony
interruption
problems with coordination
floor holding strategies
aim to avoid TRP and hold the floor
adjacency pairs
sequence of two turns that make an action.
conditional relevance
utterance of the first part creates expectation for a second part
insertion sequence
adjacency pair inserted within core pair
pre-expansion sequence
adjacency pair occurs before the core pair - avoid FTA
post-expansion sequence
adjacency pair occurs after core pair - clarification
exchange structure
turn - adjacency pair - move - exchanges - transaction
supportive moves
lend support to what S wants to convey
grounders
supportive move that gives reason for act
sweeteners
supportive move that softens/mitigates act
expanders
supportive move that adds detail
disarmers
supportive move that anticipates a possible offense
gambits
informatively irrelevant but satisfy social needs
uptakers
gambit that acknowledge preceding utterance as understood
