Discourse Approach to Turn-taking

CONTENTS

CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION

1

1.1

Difficulties in Turn-Taking for Japanese Learners

1

1.2

Movie as a Medium for Teaching Turn-Taking Rules and Tone Functions

2

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

4

2.1

What is Discourse?

4

2.2

Analysis of Intonation in a Discourse-Based Framework

4

2.3

Description of Intonation by David Brazil

5

2.3.1

Tone Unit and Prominence

5

2.3.2

Tone

6

2.3.3

Key and Termination

7

2.4

Basic Concepts of Turn-Taking System

8

2.5

Signals in Turn-Taking

9

2.5.1

Turn-Eliciting Signals

9

2.5.2

Intonation as a Cue in Turn-Taking in Brazil’s Intonation System

9

2.5.3

Other Discussions on Intonation as a Cue for Eliciting a Turn

12

2.5.4

Listener Activity: Back-Channel Signals

13

2.6

Turn-Taking Behavior and Role-Relationships between Participants

14

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