Post on 17-Feb-2017
WELCOME TO MY PRESENTATION
MY TOPIC ONCONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS
CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS
It is a method that explores systematically how people talk, verbally and nonverbally.
Roy: Dear friends, now we are going to discuss about ‘Phonetics and Phonology’.
Kumar: Well, what topic should be discussed first?
Roy: ‘Intonation’ but do not whole chapter only ‘The tone-unit’.
Turn-taking
Roy: Do you know what is Intonation?Kumar: Yes, Intonation the - the frequency- Joy: The frequency of the
vibration of the vocal cords.
Overlapping
Meanwhile, Kamal and Jamal enter into the room.
Kamal: Hello everybodyRoy: Hello Kamal Jamal: Hello everybodyRoy: Hello Jamal
Adjacency Pair
Roy: Kamal, Sit here, Sit here.Kamal: Thank you. Recurs
Roy: Can we start our discussion?Kamal: Yes, hurry up.
Self Selection
Roy: Let’s start about ‘The tone-unit’. ‘The tone-unit’ is a stretch of speech uttered under a single coherent intonation contour.
Complete Utterance
Jamal: What is tone?Roy:…(silence). Jamal: Hello, didn’t you here me?
Roy: The pattern of variation on a pitch of the voice is called tone since…
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Incompletion marker
Roy: Since, the pitch varies but it does not vary in a haphazard manner, it varies in a pattern. Everybody okay?
Possible-closing
Roy: Five types of tone-unit.#Rising tone#falling tone#Rising-falling tone#Falling-rising tone#Level toneKamal: How can we understand rise tone or fall tone?Roy: The rising tone may be used incomplete utterances, yes/no Q. It is used friendly way, polite request. And falling tone may be used ordinary statement, commands, do not use incomplete utterances or yes/no Q.
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Roy: How are you felling now?All: Quite well.Roy: Can we start about ‘rising-
falling tone’ and ‘falling-rising tone’?
All: Okay.
Pre-invitation
Jamal: can I stop you for sometime?Roy: Yes, what’s your problem?Jamal: Can you tell about intonation again?Roy: You can see the book.
Pre-request and Request
Roy: The rising-falling tone is a combination of a rising and falling tone.
Jamal: What was the falling- rising tone? [Q]
Roy: Well, do you understand rising-falling tone ? [Q1]
Jamal: Yes. [A1]Roy: The falling- rising tone normally
indicates that something implied- through this tone can express other attitudes as well. [A]
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Kamal: But. How can I identify falling tone?
Roy: When you find statement, command or Yes/No Q.
Jamal: Yes/No Q.?Roy: Yes.Kumar: Are you sure?Roy: oh! No, It is WH-Q.
Side sequence
Roy: You should call it falling tone when you find commands.[statement]
Kamal: Is it request? [Misapprehension]Roy: No, this rule should be applied only
commands. [Clarification]Kamal: Oh, yeah, thank you.[Terminator]
The sequence misapprehension-clarification
Roy: Hello friends, we will continue our discussion after the class. Thank you everybody.
All. Thank you Roy.
BY KAJAL CHANDRA ROY