The Topic Transition Sequence and the Management of Topic Change in Mundane Arabic Conversation
This study investigates topic change in mundane Arabic conversation.. Following a conversation analytic approach, we examine data collected from naturally occurring talk in Arabic mundane conversation recorded from telephone calls to look at how speakers end talk on one topic and initiate another. Therefore, we look at the topic transition sequence in which participants disengage from an on-going sequence prior to the proffering of a new topic. Here, we study the participants' initiation of religious' expressions that are understood as prompting a:specific action in the conversation. We also look at how a specific discourse marker may propose, or endorse a prior proposal, to end talk on one topic. The participants' entry into non serious talk is also examined in detail, with specific attention to turns that expand such sequences prior to the topic change. We distinguish the turns we study in this sequence from those that close the talk at the end of the conversation. Our analysis also examines the topic proffering turns that open talk on a new matter in the conversation. We focus here on the inquiry as a first pair part of an adjacency pair sequence, which makes relevant next a response that endorses talk
Helani, Fadi
The Topic Transition Sequence and the Management of Topic Change in Mundane Arabic Conversation. This study investigates topic change in mundane Arabic conversation.. Following a conversation analytic approach, we examine data collected from naturally occurring talk in Arabic mundane conversation recorded from telephone calls to look at how speakers end talk on one topic and initiate another. Therefore, we look at the topic transition sequence in which participants disengage from an on-going sequence prior to the proffering of a new topic. Here, we study the participants' initiation of religious' expressions that are understood as prompting a:specific action in the conversation. We also look at how a specific discourse marker may propose, or endorse a prior proposal, to end talk on one topic. The participants' entry into non serious talk is also examined in detail, with specific attention to turns that expand such sequences prior to the topic change. We distinguish the turns we study in this sequence from those that close the talk at the end of the conversation. Our analysis also examines the topic proffering turns that open talk on a new matter in the conversation. We focus here on the inquiry as a first pair part of an adjacency pair sequence, which makes relevant next a response that endorses talk
topic transition sequence management topic_change mundane arabic conversation study_investigate topic_change mundane arabic conversation following conversation_analytic examine data_collect naturally_occur talk arabic mundane conversation record telephone call look speaker end talk topic initiate another therefore look topic transition sequence participant disengage going sequence prior proffer new topic study participant initiation religious_expression understood specific action conversation also_look specific discourse_marker may propose endorse prior proposal end talk topic participant entry non serious talk also_examine detail specific attention turn expand sequence prior topic_change distinguish turn study sequence close talk end conversation analysis also_examine topic proffer turn open talk new matter conversation focus inquiry first pair part adjacency pair sequence make relevant next response endorse talk