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|Abstract=This article examines the descriptive power of the adjacency pair as a basic unit of conversational organization. It applies the notion to the analysis of conversational data and points out that there are utterances which are important contributions to the conversation and yet for which the notion fails to account. They are utterances which are not the component parts of an adjacency pair and yet form a bounded unit with it. This raises the question of which is more adequate as a basic unit of conversational organization: a three-part exchange or an adjacency pair? This article proposes that it is the former, based on the observation that the third part of an exchange is a very important element of conversational interaction, and that when it does not occur, it is often withheld for social or strategic reasons. The article argues for the nontrivial absence of the third part by showing its relevance of occurrence (Sacks 1972:342). An investigation is made of its functions by examining where, when, and why it does not occur, and where, when, and why it does occur in conversation. The discussion is exemplified by face-to-face and telephone conversation data.
which are important contributions to the conversation and yet for which
 
the notion fails to account. They are utterances which are not the com-
 
ponent parts of an adjacency pair and yet form a bounded unit with it.
 
This raises the question of which is more adequate as a basic unit of con-
 
versational organization: a three-part exchange or an adjacency pair?
 
This article proposes that it is the former, based on the observation that
 
the third part of an exchange is a very important element of conversa-
 
tional interaction, and that when it does not occur, it is often withheld
 
for social or strategic reasons. The article argues for the nontrivial ab-
 
sence of the third part by showing its relevance of occurrence (Sacks
 
I972:342). An investigation is made of its functions by examining where,
 
when, and why it does not occur, and where, when, and why it does oc-
 
cur in conversation. The discussion is exemplified by face-to-face and
 
telephone conversation data.  
 
 
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Tsui1989
BibType ARTICLE
Key Tsui1989
Author(s) Amy B. M. Tsui
Title Beyond the adjacency pair
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Tag(s) EMCA, Sociolinguistics, ethnomethodology, discourse analysis, pragmatics, three-part sequences, Adjacency Pairs
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Year 1989
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 18
Number 4
Pages 545–564
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DOI 10.1017/S0047404500013907
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Abstract

This article examines the descriptive power of the adjacency pair as a basic unit of conversational organization. It applies the notion to the analysis of conversational data and points out that there are utterances which are important contributions to the conversation and yet for which the notion fails to account. They are utterances which are not the component parts of an adjacency pair and yet form a bounded unit with it. This raises the question of which is more adequate as a basic unit of conversational organization: a three-part exchange or an adjacency pair? This article proposes that it is the former, based on the observation that the third part of an exchange is a very important element of conversational interaction, and that when it does not occur, it is often withheld for social or strategic reasons. The article argues for the nontrivial absence of the third part by showing its relevance of occurrence (Sacks 1972:342). An investigation is made of its functions by examining where, when, and why it does not occur, and where, when, and why it does occur in conversation. The discussion is exemplified by face-to-face and telephone conversation data.

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