English Presentation
- Created by: molliemae
- Created on: 11-02-14 10:55
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- Elements of Conversation
- Opening & Closing a conversation
- Opening
- Exchange of greetings "Hello", "hiya"
- Self-identification "I'm Victoria"
- Politeness formulas "Excuse me"
- Closing
- Conclusion or summing up "So thats agreed?"
- Phatic expressions "Nice talking to you"
- Exchange of farewells "Goodbye"
- Opening
- Turn Taking
- Judging when it is appopriate to contribute to a conversation
- If a conversation lacks this it would be full of interruptions, overlapping and awkward silences
- Includes verbal and non-verbal cues; signal the end of utterance or someone else desires to speak.
- Direct invitations; asked a question or name is mentioned "What you you think?"
- When speaker reaches end of an utterance their voive begins to fall and they look directly at person being addressed
- Adjaceny Pairs
- Building blocks of conversation; two part exchange
- Question / Answer
- Greeting / Greeting
- Summons / Answer
- Statement / Agreement
- Apology / Acceptance
- Invitation / Acceptance or refusal
- Topics
- Gives coherence and structure
- Utterances will be relevant to current topic or attempt to stimulate new ones
- Utterances that deviate from the relevant topic flouts the Grice's Maxim of relevance
- A topic marker estalishes the topic at the beginning of a conversation
- "So, how was your lesson?"
- Changes of topic = topic shift
- Return to previous topic = topic loop
- Controlling topics = agenda setting
- Repairs
- Resolves a problem that has arisen in conversation
- For example, a speaker correcting themselves
- "I paid twenty no fifteen pounds for it"
- For example, one speaker correcting another
- "I paid twenty pounds for- No you didn't it was fifteen"
- Feedback
- Indicates you are listening to the speaker
- Failure to give feedback may indicate boredom or distraction
- Grice's Maxim of Quantity; not saying enough
- Failure to give feedback may indicate boredom or distraction
- Also known as 'back-channeling'
- Verbal responses; "yeah", "really?"
- Oral signs; "mmm", "uh huh", laughing
- Non-verbal responses; nods and smiles
- Indicates you are listening to the speaker
- Opening & Closing a conversation
- Includes verbal and non-verbal cues; signal the end of utterance or someone else desires to speak.
- Direct invitations; asked a question or name is mentioned "What you you think?"
- When speaker reaches end of an utterance their voive begins to fall and they look directly at person being addressed
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