1.3.1 Having a go
For each of the following three extracts, we will be concerned with how the second speaker responds to what the first speaker said and therefore how s/he interprets the first speaker’s actions. In this way, we can see how the second speaker orients to actions done in the prior turn.
Text 12
[Davidson, 1990:150]
[Davidson, 1990:150]
B’s response, ‘I certainly will’ indicates that B treats A’s prior turn as:
a. a request
b. a complaint
The next extract comes from the same court case as extract 6 earlier. A is referring to a club that the defendant and witness had been at some days before the alleged rape.
Extract 13
[Da:Ou: 1:2] (From Drew 1992: 489)
Compare and contrast these different versions.
What does ‘where girls and fella:s meet’ imply?
What does ‘people go there’ imply?
How does W show an orientation to A’s version?
Hint
What does she do through her version?
Have a look at the following extract. The speakers here are discussing a planned trip to Syracuse.
Extract 14
Trip to Syracuse 1-2
Trip to Syracuse 1-2
In line 7, Cha says ‘I really don’t have a place to stay’.
Q: In order for Ile’s response at lines 8 and 10 to be an appropriate next action, how does she treat Chs’s utterance?
Q: In order for Ile’s response at lines 8 and 10 to be an appropriate next action, how does she treat Chs’s utterance?
Hint
Is it taken to be simply reporting a situation, or more than this?
Q: Did she get it right (in other words, was that how it was meant to be taken?
YES / NO
Q: How can you tell?
Hint
Look at what Cha says in line 12
Q: What does Ile then do in line 13?