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The conversation 1010vii happens among Wilberforce, Brutus, and Ramona Gargle. Wilberforce is the first speaker, Brutus is the second speaker, and
Ramona Gargle is the third speaker. From the analysis of turn-taking there are 11 patterns of turn-taking that
are marked by sign A as the first speaker, B as the second speaker, and C as the third speaker. The most dominant pattern is the A
– B pattern. There are 39 comic strips which contain the A
– B pattern.
2. Adjacency Pairs
There are 7 pairs of the adjacency pairs that are greeting – greeting,
summon – answer, question – answer, compliment – acceptancerejection,
complain – apologydenial, offer – acceptreject, and request – grantrefusal. The
following are the examples of each adjacency pairs: a. Greeting
– Greeting Brutus: Hi, Wilberforce
→ greeting Wilberforce: Hi, pop How was golf?
→ greeting Brutus: I played eighteen holes, and shot one hundred twenty
Wilberforce: Is that good? Brutus: It is when you play twenty seven holes
Brutus: Say
, you recently moved to my street, didn’t you? I’m Brutus Thornapple → greeting
Peter Pfeiffer: Hello, Brutus My name is Peter Pfeiffer – that’s with a silent P. →
greeting Brutus: Nice to meet you, Eter
From the two examples above the first and the second speaker has a good cooperation by giving a feedback for the greeting. In the first example 8624ix
Brutus on the way backs from playing golf and meets Wilberforce. Brutus begins the conversation, he greets Wilberforce with Hi and Wilberforce greets him back
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Hi . In the second example 1607xii
Brutus meets Peter at the bus stop. Brutus begins the conversation, he greets Peter Say as he introduces himself. Peter greets
him back Hello and also introduce himself. b. Summon
– Answer Gladys:
Brutus, it’s nine o’clock Aren’t you getting up? → summon Brutus:
I’m sick, Gladys. → answer Gladys: Is it bad?
Brutus: Bad? There is nothing worse than being sick on the first day of vacation
Wilberforce: Hey, pop I can’t find the baseball game on TV → summon
Brutus: Today’s game isn’t being televised. → answer
Wilberforce: You mean, I’ve gotta watch the game on the radio? From the two examples above the first speaker summons the second
speaker. Both second speaker answers the summons of the first speaker. In the first example 321viii
Gladys summons Brutus because he is not wake up yet from the bed. Brutus answers her summons and says that he is sick. In the second
example 376viii Wilberforce summons his father Brutus because he cannot
find the baseball game on TV. Brutus answers him and says that the game is not being televised today.
c. Question – Answer
Brutus: Homemade chili, Gladys? → Q1
Gladys: Yes – it’s a new recipe. → A1
Brutus: Is it mild or spicy? →Q2
Gladys: It’s a teensy bit on the spicy side. → A2
Brutus: Is this pie homemade, Gladys? → Q1
Gladys: Yes – mother baked her pecan surprise pie → A1
Brutus: What’s the surprise? → Q2
-crunch Gladys: The shells.
→ A2
