Abstract
People have all sorts of expectations about how interlocutors will and should behave linguistically when engaged in a conversation. These conversational norms are usually implicit and are sometimes difficult to master in a language that is new to you. This paper presents a model of different types of responses in informal conversation, illustrated with Indonesian examples. It builds upon the conversation analytic notion of preference; distinguishing preferred - or constructive - responses and dispreferred - or competitive - responses. The model is meant as a tool to cross-linguistically compare response behaviour to gain insight in language specific expectations about interaction in informal conversation.
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van Naerssen, M. J.
(2015)
"Responsive turns in Indonesian informal conversation,"
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia: Vol. 16:
No.
1, Article 9.
DOI: 10.17510/wjhi.v16i1.372
Available at:
https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol16/iss1/9
