Conversational strategies

Question 1

Adjacency pairs and utterance

Answer 1

Adjacency pair: a pair of utterances in a conversation that go together, one
utterance in response to the other.
Utterance: a term for vocal expression; it can take the form one or more words or even a single sound

Question 2

Framing

Answer 2

Framing: controlling the agenda of a conversation (its direction and subject); or making utterances that encourage a child to fill in the blanks​

Question 3

Self or Other or Neutral related comments

Answer 3

Self-related comment: speaker makes a comment about themselves​

Other-related comment: speaker comments about another speaker​

Neutral comment: speaker makes a comment on something neutral in the surroundings like the weather​

Question 4

conversational discourse

Answer 4

Turn-taking: the process of taking turns in a conversation where only one speaker speaks at a time​

Turn Construction Unit (TCU): a fundamental segment of speech in conversation analysis​

Transition Relevance Place (TRP): the point at which one turn is ending and another turn is signalled ​

Vocative: directly addressing someone via their name​

Adjacency pair: a pair of utterances in a conversation that go together, one utterance in response to the other.​

Utterance: a term for vocal expression; it can take the form one or more words or even a single sound​

Question 5

conversational stratergies

Answer 5

Opener: expressions (or discourse markers) which open a conversation ​

Closer: expressions (or discourse markers) which are designed to close a conversation​

Phatic communication: speech which is really just designed to maintain social relationships and does not carry significant meaning, often used to start a conversation​

Backchannelling: supportive terms such as ‘oh’ and ‘really’​

Agenda setting: where a speaker sets up the main topic of conversation​

Topic management: the way topics in a conversation are organised or handed from speaker to speaker​