英汉话轮转换异同浅析

Analysis on the Similarities and Differences of Turn-taking in English and Chinese

话轮转换作为会话分析的重要方法之一,使得人们顺利的进行对话。相邻对是话轮转换的基本模式,转换关联位置如重叠、停顿或者沉默是话轮转换的信号。对比英汉两种语言在相邻对和转换关联位置的异同,可以帮助英语教师在课堂上合理利用话轮转换以促进学生用英语顺畅交流。

Turn-taking, as a basic important approach, makes people’s conversation smoothly. Adjacency pairs are the most basic pattern of turn taking, while transition relevance place is the signal, such as overlap and pause/silence. Contrasting the similarities and differences in adjacency pairs and transition relevance place of English and Chinese would assist second language teachers in utilizing turn-taking rationally to encourage students communicate efficiently.