Significance of the Study
Several types and examples of adjacency pairs are shownbelow. 1 Greeting-greeting
Amy : Hello
Jean : Hi
Liddicoat, 2007: 107 Amy greets Jean by saying “Hello” and Jean answers with a greeting by
saying “Hi”. The second utterance by Jean regards as a respond to the first utterance by Amy. Jean gives an answer as what Amy expected to cooperate in conversation.
An example of question-answer sequence is demonstrated in the following dialogue.
2 Question-answer John
: What time is it? Betty
: Three uh clock. Liddicoat, 2007: 107
In dialogue above, John asks Betty about the current time. Betty gives an answer immediately b
y saying “three uh clock” as a respond to John’s question “what time is it?”. It is to show that Betty gives an exact answer without silence.
The following dialogue exhibit the last example of the last type of adjacency pair. 3 Telling-accept
John : I’ve jus’ finish my las’ exam.
Betty : That’s great.
Liddicoat, 2007: 107 In the example above, the first turn of the pair initiates some actions which
can be seen at the utterance “ I’vejus’ finish my las’ exam” and make the next action
relevant as seen on the utterance “That’s great”. Both utterancesare relevant to each
other.