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    CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS

    Rizwana Zakir(17018)
    NUML   
    Conversational Analysis
    A major area of study in the analysis of discourse is conversational analysis. Conversational
    analysis looks at ordinary everyday spoken discourse and aims to understand, from a fine-
    grained analysis of the conversation, how people manage their interactions. It also looks at
    how social relations are developed through the use of spoken discourse (Paltridge,
    2006:106).

    Definition
    Conversation Analysis (commonly abbreviated as CA) is an approach to the study of social
    interaction, embracing both verbal and non-verbal conduct, in situations of everyday life. As
    its name implies, CA began with a focus on casual but its methods were subsequently
    adapted to embrace more task- and institution-centered interactions, such as those
    occurring in doctors' offices, courts, law enforcement, educational settings, and the mass
    media.

    Turn –taking
    It is a highly skilled activity. It involves many kinds of behaviour in addition to speech (e.g.
    Eye-contact, head movement), which are initiated by precise timing and reacted to with
    great accuracy by other participants. In other words, a turn is the speech of one person
    continued until another takes the floor.

    Adjacency Pairs
    It is a particular type of turn taking structure. An adjacency pair is a sequence of two related
    utterances by two different speakers. The second utterance is a response to the first.

    Varieties of Adjacency pairs


    Prototypical examples of adjacency pairs would be the following:
    1) greeting-greeting: A: Hello. B: Hello.
    2) offer-acceptance: A: Would you care for more tea? B: Yes, please.
    3) apology-minimization: A: I’m sorry. B: Oh, don’t worry. That’s O.K.

    The Functions of Adjacency Pairs


    Adjacency pairs are used to coordinate turns. They help in opening and closing a
    conversation, Negotiate deals, and to Change topics.

    Insertion Sequences
    Insertion Sequences is when a question- answer pair is embedded within another, as seen in
    this example
    Child: Mom, can I play Nintendo now? (Question 1)
    Mother: Have you cleaned up the playroom? (Question 2)
    Child: No. (Answer 2)
    Mother: Then, NO! (Answer 1)

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