The language of conversation: phatic talk

(Soars, J., Soars, L. 2014. Headway upper-intermediate, OUP, p.13)

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1.Do the register analysis of the conversation - use a separate sheet, fill it out by hand and upload it

2. Using the conversation analytical notion of adjacency pair, describe what the conversationalists A and B are
´doing´. Give each act a ´name´ which describes what it is doing and use the labels provided below (if you think you
need different label, feel free to use them). The frst exchange has been done:

Acts conversation (Task 3):

I summons + request
R check + confirm + thanks + account

Labels for the adjacency pair (1st and 2nd) members:

answer, account, acknowledge, confirm, inform, evaluative inform, invitation, question, refuse, request, summons,
thanks

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3.Matching 1st and 2nd member of adjacency pairs (Task 1). Use the labels above or think of your own labels.

adjacency pairs:

T U R N

Initiating responding

1 invitation b acceptance
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