Chart 9 : Relation among AP structures in Q-A, G-G, S-A
FPP SPP
G G
S UA
FPP SPP
G G
Q RGRA
G UA
In the previous explanation it was found that there are eight structures of Aps. The first three of these, after discussed, are related. Why they are related, it is discussed
in another section under ritual constraint page 207.
4.3.1.2 Offer-AcceptanceRefusal, Invitation-AcceptanceRejection
Offer is operated through an offer in FPP and an acceptance in SPP if what offered is goods, and an acceptance or refusal in SPP if what offered is service. Offer in
TB is passed directly to the offeree without preceded by a pre-offer. Schegloff,s study 2007 : 35 about AP of offer is that the oferer can pass a pre-offer to the oferee, and
this is called a pre-expansion. In TB conversation what occured in offer is a post- expansion or post-offer exerpt 24, line 3-4. Post-offer occurs when the offer is
rejected. Why the second offer comes, it would be discussed in ritual constraint discussion.
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When the goods offered is refused in SPP as in the above case, another offer in another turn can be launched and results in accpetance. There would be 3 APs in such a
second offer excerpt 24, line 1, 2, 3, 4. The first AP is an offer with the dispreferred response, that is the base FPP and the first SPP. The second is the second offer in the
second FPP with the preferred response in second SPP post-expansion. And the third AP is the base FPP and the second SPP. The second AP is an expansion of the first AP
deriving from the second FPP as the expansion of the first FPP, and the second SPP is the expansion of the first SPP. The third AP results from the second offer in second
FPP as the consequence of the refusal in first SPP. So, the first SPP and the second FPP are neither inserted sequences nor an AP. But this sequence causes the presence of the
third AP. When it is a third AP line 1 and line 4 in excerpt 24, then line 2 is the repair initiation type and line 3 is the repair resolve.
There is a condition that the offer of goods is responded with refusal in SPP but as preferred response, that is, when the goods offered is not forthcoming and it is used
to close a conversation. So the offer in FPP and refusal in SPP, but the refusal is an expected or required response excerpt 25. Why the refusal has become an expected
response, it would be discussed in ritual constraint, the section that will focuse the discussion with cultural context.
AP of offer-acceptancerejection is related with the AP of invitation- acceptancerefusal in terms of acceptance response. This relation is dicussed after the
the explanation of how invitation-acceptancerejection operates.
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The AP of invitation-acceptancerejection is operated through the invitation in FPP and acceptance or rejection in SPP. Before coming to acceptance or rejection there
are some delay in the form of inserted sequences of AP, post-first or pre-second, and before invitation is started, pre-sequence may come first. When the invitation is
pertaining to adat ceremony the reponse in SPP would be the acceptance, and it would be acceptance or refusal in SPP if the invitation is about general affairs excerpt 27, 28,
29. From these excerpts invitation in TB conversation embodies all the expansion sequences: pre-expansion, post-expansion, and inserted-sequence. So, Schegloff’s
study 2009 about the three kinds of sequence are applicable in TB conversation. Form the discussion of APs of offer and invitation based on their mechanism
of operation, both APs are related. First, when offer concerns with goods, and invitation concerns with adat ceremony the SPPs in both APs are acceptance. Second,
when the offer concerns with service, and the invitation with general affairs, both APs have acceptance or refusal in SPP. Third, the responses to FPP of both APs can be
delayed. The following chart shows the relation between APs of offer and invitation.
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Chart 10 : Relation between APs of Offer and Invitation
a.
b.
Note: FPP = First Pair Part, SPP = Second pair Part, ACC = Acceptance, Rj = Rejection, I = Invitation, PS = Post Sequence, O = Offer, RR = Required Response
FPP SPP
ACCRR
SERVICE CUSTOMARY
AFFAIRS
I ACC
O RR
GOODS
FPP INSERTED
SEQUENCE I
PS SPP
ACC O
ACC DELAYED
DELAYED
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In terms of system constraint as has been discussed, this relation can also be discussed in terms of ritual constraint; why offer and invitation are accepted and in
another case it is delayed before accepted.
4.3.1.3 Accusation-denial, Compliment-AcceptanceRejection, Complaint- Rejection
