英语教学术语选摘(九十五)

Terms and Concepts in English Language Teaching

【conversational analysis】Conversational analysis is an approach to discourse dealing with the linguistic analysis of conversation,and strongly associated with ETHNOMETHODOLOGY.It is concerned with the structure of conversations,dealing with such matters as TURN-TAKING(using the ADJACENCY PAIRS concept),topic change and conversational structure rules governing the opening and closing of conversations(e.g.on the phone)have been studied in detail.Conversational analysis has been used as a tool in SLA research to study the different types of interaction relevant to language acquisition,including issues related to discourse management,like topic nomination(Long,1983)and communication breakdown(see Schiffrin,1994,and Coulthard,1985).