2.1.7 Having a go
The follow exercises will give you the opportunity to practice what we’ve covered so far.
The follow exercises will give you the opportunity to practice what we’ve covered so far.
Text 9 [Richards and Seedhouse, 2005: 131]
Multiple choice:
At line 2, is this:
a. Self-selection?
b. Other-selection?
At line 8, is this:
a. Self selection?
b. Other selection?
At line 10 there is overlap, is this because speaker F is:
a. Applying the rule?
b. Violating the rule?
At line 2, is this:
a. Self-selection?
b. Other-selection?
At line 8, is this:
a. Self selection?
b. Other selection?
At line 10 there is overlap, is this because speaker F is:
a. Applying the rule?
b. Violating the rule?
Answers
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Also have a go at the following:
Text 10 [Benwell & Stokoe 2006: 229 - Extract 6.7]
At line 7, Janet takes the turn. Is this a case of:
a. Self-selection
b. Other-selection
At line 20, Tim takes the turn. Is this a case of:
a. Self-selection
b. Other-selection
At line 11, Janet takes the turn. How do you explain this?
a. Self-selection
b. Other-selection
At line 20, Tim takes the turn. Is this a case of:
a. Self-selection
b. Other-selection
At line 11, Janet takes the turn. How do you explain this?
Hint: Look at what happened earlier in the transcript
In line 6 the host selects Janet as the next speaker and this remains relevant.
Answers to earlier two questions:
Answers to earlier two questions:
At line 20, Tim takes the turn. How do you explain this?
Hint: Look further down
In line 18 ‘you’ selects either Tim or Janet. Indeed in 21, Janet herself takes the turn without any further selection
Compare the overlap at line 16 and line 18 with the overlap between line 20 and 21. What’s the difference?
Answer
Line 16 & 18 show a case of the turn-taking being violated because ‘when I’ is not a full turn-constructional unit. On the other hand, lines 20 and 21 show the application of the rules of turn-taking because Tim’s line 20 is a full turn-constructional unit.