Test 3 - discourse markers

Question 1

discourse markers

Answer 1

serve pragmatic function (not sematic), or help understand the utterance in context of the relationship being negotiated

Question 2

turn

Answer 2

basic unit of conversation

Question 3

conversational floor

Answer 3

when one is speaking, one is holding the floor

Question 4

structure of conversation

Answer 4

opening moves (highly ritualized)
body of conversation
turns taken by speakers
closing moves (highly ritualized) negotiating our way to silence

Question 5

signaling the end of a turn

Answer 5

silence -
questions - prompts for answer from other
gestures - quieting of hands, lean forward
eye contact - direct contact to signal end
intonation - falling

Question 6

adjacency pairs

Answer 6

a combination of utterances that conventionally require a direct response:
question/answer
invitation/acceptance-decline
compliment/response